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PHYSIOLOGICAL NYSTAGMUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does physiological nystagmus mean?
• PHYSIOLOGICAL NYSTAGMUS (noun)
The noun PHYSIOLOGICAL NYSTAGMUS has 1 sense:
1. small involuntary tremors of the eyeballs; when it is eliminated by stabilizing the image on the retina, visual perception fades rapidly from fatigue of the retinal receptors
Familiarity information: PHYSIOLOGICAL NYSTAGMUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PHYSIOLOGICAL NYSTAGMUS (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small involuntary tremors of the eyeballs; when it is eliminated by stabilizing the image on the retina, visual perception fades rapidly from fatigue of the retinal receptors
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("physiological nystagmus" is a kind of...):
nystagmus (involuntary movements of the eyeballs; its presence or absence is used to diagnose a variety of neurological and visual disorders)
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