POST-ROTATIONAL NYSTAGMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does post-rotational nystagmus mean? 

• POST-ROTATIONAL NYSTAGMUS (noun)
  The noun POST-ROTATIONAL NYSTAGMUS has 1 sense:

1. nystagmus caused by suddenly stopping the rapid rotation of the body; large slow movements of the eyeballs are in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation

  Familiarity information: POST-ROTATIONAL NYSTAGMUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POST-ROTATIONAL NYSTAGMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nystagmus caused by suddenly stopping the rapid rotation of the body; large slow movements of the eyeballs are in the direction opposite to the direction of rotation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("post-rotational 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)