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POST-ROTATIONAL NYSTAGMUS
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I. (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)