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nystagmus

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9 lettersPronunciation /nɪˈstæɡ.məs/Part of speech nounSorted agmnsstuyStarts with NEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. Involuntary rapid movement of the eyes.

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • 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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