nystagmus
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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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nystagmus (countable and uncountable, plural nystagmuses)
- (pathology) rapid involuntary eye movement, usually lateral
- 1970, JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition:
- 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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rapid involuntary eye movement
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Czech[edit]
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Noun[edit]
nystagmus m inan
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Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Internationalism (see English nystagmus), ultimately from Ancient Greek νυσταγμός (nustagmós).
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Noun[edit]
nystagmus
Declension[edit]
Inflection of nystagmus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | nystagmus | nystagmukset | ||
genitive | nystagmuksen | nystagmusten nystagmuksien | ||
partitive | nystagmusta | nystagmuksia | ||
illative | nystagmukseen | nystagmuksiin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | nystagmus | nystagmukset | ||
accusative | nom. | nystagmus | nystagmukset | |
gen. | nystagmuksen | |||
genitive | nystagmuksen | nystagmusten nystagmuksien | ||
partitive | nystagmusta | nystagmuksia | ||
inessive | nystagmuksessa | nystagmuksissa | ||
elative | nystagmuksesta | nystagmuksista | ||
illative | nystagmukseen | nystagmuksiin | ||
adessive | nystagmuksella | nystagmuksilla | ||
ablative | nystagmukselta | nystagmuksilta | ||
allative | nystagmukselle | nystagmuksille | ||
essive | nystagmuksena | nystagmuksina | ||
translative | nystagmukseksi | nystagmuksiksi | ||
abessive | nystagmuksetta | nystagmuksitta | ||
instructive | — | nystagmuksin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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