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Etymology
Modern Latin, from Greek νυσταγμος ‘nodding, drowsiness’, from νυσταζειν ‘nod, be sleepy’.

Pronunciation
IPA|/nɪ'stægməs/

Noun
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1. rapid involuntary eye movement, usually lateral

#:*1970: For months Travis had seen his solitary figure, shoulders hunched inside the flying jacket, in more and more newsreels, as an extra in war films, and then as a patient in an elegant ophthalmic film on nystagmus — JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition

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