nystagmus
(noun) involuntary movements of the eyeballs; its presence or absence is used to diagnose a variety of neurological and visual disorders
Source: WordNet® 3.1
nystagmus (countable and uncountable, plural nystagmuses)
(pathology) rapid involuntary eye movement, usually lateral
• miner's disease
Source: Wiktionary
Nys*tag"mus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.)
Definition: A rapid involuntary oscillation of the eyeballs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 January 2025
(noun) either of the first pair of fang-like appendages near the mouth of an arachnid; often modified for grasping and piercing
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
