nystagmus
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First attested in 1798. From New Latin nystagmus, from Ancient Greek νυσταγμός (nustagmós, “nodding, drowsiness”), from νυστάζω (nustázō, “nod, be sleepy”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nystagmus (countable and uncountable, plural nystagmuses)
- (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
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]rapid involuntary eye movement
Further reading
[edit]Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nystagmus m inan
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “nystagmus”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “nystagmus”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism (see English nystagmus), ultimately from Ancient Greek νυσταγμός (nustagmós).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nystagmus
Declension
[edit]Inflection of nystagmus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
Synonyms
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- English countable nouns
- en:Pathology
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- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Finnish internationalisms
- Finnish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Finnish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Finnish/ystɑɡmus
- Rhymes:Finnish/ystɑɡmus/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- fi:Pathology
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals