nystagmiformadj.
/nʌɪˈstaɡmɪfɔːm/, /nᵻˈstaɡmɪfɔːm/, U.S. /naɪˈstæɡməˌfɔrm/, /nəˈstæɡməˌfɔrm/ Medicine.
= nystagmoid adj.
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nystagmic1878
nystagmoid1895
nystagmiform1899
optokinetic1925
opticokinetic1946
oculogyric1977
1899 Brit. Med. Jrnl. May 1077 Nystagmiform movements of the eyes.
1992 Neuroscience 48 877 The animals showed behavioural arousal accompanied first by ocular nystagmiform movements and then by pontogeniculooccipital waves.
1995 Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 119 72 We studied the hypothesis that the typical macular sparing of a few degrees was based on an unstable fixation coupled with a nystagmiform searching movement in the direction of the seeing hemiretina.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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