post-rotational nystagmus
- noun
- /ˌpoʊstroʊˈteɪʃənəl nɪˈstæɡməs/
- Specialized
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nistagmo post-rotacional
- After spinning in the chair, the child experienced post-rotational nystagmus and his eyes moved slowly in the opposite direction.
Examples
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Doctors observed post-rotational nystagmus during the neurological examination after stopping the rotation test.
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Pilots may report temporary post-rotational nystagmus after rapid changes in direction during flight training.
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Patients often experience post-rotational nystagmus after intense spinning.
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What causes post-rotational nystagmus in some individuals?
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After spinning in the chair, the child experienced post-rotational nystagmus and his eyes moved slowly in the opposite direction.
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Doctors observed post-rotational nystagmus during the neurological examination after stopping the rotation test.
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Pilots may report temporary post-rotational nystagmus after rapid changes in direction during flight training.
How Severe
- Specialized
2
9.9
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
post-rotational + nystagmus
The term is transparently built from 'post-' (after) + 'rotational' (relating to rotation) + 'nystagmus' (involuntary rapid eye movements), so its meaning — involuntary eye movements occurring after rotation — is directly derivable from the constituents. Although it is specialised medical vocabulary, the prefix and compounding logic are straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a learner who knows the parts would understand the phrase.
Etymology
Post-rotational nystagmus names what happens to the eyes: post = 'after', rotational = 'turning', and nystagmus = 'eye movement'. Imagine you spin and then stop; your body still feels the turn, so your eyes make small, slow movements in the opposite direction, and that is why the phrase means 'eye movements after turning'.