blepharoclonus

English

Etymology

From blepharo- +‎ clonus.

Noun

blepharoclonus (uncountable)

1. (medicine) An increase in the frequency or duration of blinking.
   • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:

     He showed a rather unblinking, lizard-like stare, except when grimacing, or during his rare paroxysms of blepharoclonus.