| OKN | optokinetic nystagmus |
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| PN | papillary necrosis; parenteral nutrition; penicillin; perceived noise; percussion note; periarteriti... |
| SCPNT | Southern California Postrotary Nystagmus Test |
| SN | sclerema neonatorum; scrub nurse; sensorineural; sensory neuron; serum neutralization; sinus node; s... |
| VBAIN | vertebrobasilar artery insufficiency nystagmus |
| dysjunctive nystagmus | A nystagmus in which the movements of the two eyes are dissimilar in direction, amplitude, and periodicity. Synonym: dysjunctive nystagmus, incongruent nystagmus, irregular nystagmus. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| incongruent nystagmus | A nystagmus in which the movements of the two eyes are dissimilar in direction, amplitude, and periodicity. Synonym: dysjunctive nystagmus, incongruent nystagmus, irregular nystagmus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| irregular nystagmus | A nystagmus in which the movements of the two eyes are dissimilar in direction, amplitude, and periodicity. Synonym: dysjunctive nystagmus, incongruent nystagmus, irregular nystagmus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ocular nystagmus | The pendular or, rarely, jerky nystagmus seen in severely reduced vision. Synonym: amaurotic nystagmus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| opticokinetic nystagmus | Nystagmus induced by looking at moving visual stimuli. Synonym: opticokinetic nystagmus, railroad nystagmus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| optokinetic nystagmus | Nystagmus induced by looking at moving visual stimuli. Synonym: opticokinetic nystagmus, railroad nystagmus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| end-point nystagmus | A jerky, physiologic nystagmus occurring in a normal individual when attempts are made to fixate a point at the limits of the field of fixation. Synonym: deviational nystagmus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| jerky nystagmus | Nystagmus in which there is a slow drift of the eyes in one direction, followed by a rapid recovery movement, always described in the direction of the recovery movement; it usually arises from labyrinthine or neurologic lesions or stimuli. (05 Mar 2000) |
| upbeat nystagmus | A vertical jerky nystagmus with a rapid component upward, occurring with brainstem lesions. (05 Mar 2000) |
| labyrinthine nystagmus | Nystagmus resulting from physiological stimuli to the labyrinth that may be rotatory, caloric, compressive, or galvanic, or due to labyrinthal lesions. See: Barany's sign. Synonym: labyrinthine nystagmus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| latent nystagmus | Jerky nystagmus that is brought out by covering one eye. The fast phase is always away from the covered eye. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ammonia fixation | The utilization of ammonia (or ammonium ions) in the net synthesis of nitrogen-containing molecules; e.g., glutamine synthetase. Synonym: ammonia fixation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bifoveal fixation | A condition in which both eyes are simultaneously directed to the same target. Synonym: bifoveal fixation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| binocular fixation | A condition in which both eyes are simultaneously directed to the same target. Synonym: bifoveal fixation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carbon fixation | <plant biology> The process by which photosynthetic organisms such as plants turn inorganic carbon (usually carbon dioxide) into organic compounds (us. Carbohydrates). (09 Oct 1997) |