nystagmus

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Scrabble points: 15
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Letters: 9

Pronunciation

/nɪˈstæɡ.məs/

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/nɪˈstæɡ.məs/ · /naɪˈstæɡ.məs/

Definition of nystagmus

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

(countable, uncountable)Rapid and excessive involuntary eye movement, usually lateral.

“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”

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Etymology

First attested in 1798. From New Latin nystagmus, from Ancient Greek νυσταγμός (nustagmós, “nodding, drowsiness”), from νυστάζω (nustázō, “nod, be sleepy”).

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