nystagmus

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English

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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Noun

nystagmus (countable and uncountable, plural nystagmuses)

  1. (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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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

nystagmus m inan

  1. nystagmus

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Further reading

  • nystagmus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • nystagmus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English nystagmus), ultimately from Ancient Greek νυσταγμός (nustagmós).

Pronunciation

Noun

nystagmus

  1. (pathology) nystagmus

Declension

Inflection of nystagmus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of nystagmus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

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