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Definition of Rotational nystagmus
1. Noun. Nystagmus caused by the body rotating rapidly; large slow movements of the eyeballs are in the direction of rotation.
Medical Definition of Rotational nystagmus
1. Jerky nystagmus arising from stimulation of the labyrinth by rotation of the head around any axis and induced by change of motion. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rotational Nystagmus
Literary usage of Rotational nystagmus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Tests and studies of the ocular muscles by Ernest Edmund Maddox (1907)
"We know of their existence from physiological experiments, clinical observations
and the phenomena of rotational nystagmus. Others must have noticed what I ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1922)
"ter group of compensatory adjustments in after-nystagmus is therefore, in general,
the opposite of the former adjustments of rotational nystagmus. ..."
3. Diseases of the Ear by Philip D. Kerrison (1921)
"Explanation of rotational nystagmus.—When the head, held in the erect position,
is suddenly turned in the horizontal plane either to the right or left, ..."
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