- vestibular nystagmus
- nystagmus due to disturbance of the vestibular system; eye movements are rhythmic, with a slow and a fast component. Called also aural n. and labyrinthine n. Cf. vestibular vertigo.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
vestibular nystagmus
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