ROTATIONAL NYSTAGMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rotational nystagmus mean? 

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

1. nystagmus caused by the body rotating rapidly; large slow movements of the eyeballs are in the direction of rotation

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROTATIONAL NYSTAGMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nystagmus caused by the body rotating rapidly; large slow movements of the eyeballs are in the direction of rotation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("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)