| NBS | N-bromosuccinimide; National Bureau of Standards; neuroblastoma supressor; nevoid basal cell carcino... |
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| NCS | National Collaborative Study; neocarcinostatin; nerve conduction study; newborn calf serum; no conce... |
| ny, nyst | nystagmus |
| OKN | optokinetic nystagmus |
| PN | papillary necrosis; parenteral nutrition; penicillin; perceived noise; percussion note; periarteriti... |
| 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) |
| fixation nystagmus | Nystagmus aggravated or induced by ocular fixation, arising as optokinetic nystagmus, or resulting from midbrain 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) |
| malignant mixed mullerian tumour | A sarcoma of the body of the uterus arising in older women, composed of more than one mesenchymal tissue, especially including striated muscle cells. Synonym: malignant mixed mullerian tumour. (05 Mar 2000) |
| gonadal dysgenesis, mixed | A syndrome of gonadal dysgenesis in which there is a testis on one side and a "streak gonad" on the other. The phenotype is generally male, but may be female since the individual is a mosaic. Various karyotypes have been identified, including 45,xo/47,xyy; 45,xo/46,xy; and 45,xo/46,xyo. (12 Dec 1998) |
| mixed | Formed by mixing; united; mingled; blended. See Mix, Mixed action, voices of both males and females united in the same performance. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |