Complete Definition of "nystagmus"

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Etymology
Modern Latin, from Greek ν���αγμο� �nodding, drowsiness�, from ν���αζειν �nod, be sleepy�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/nɪ'stægm�s/

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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