electronystagmography

electronystagmography
A method of nystagmography based on electrooculography; skin electrodes are placed at outer canthi to register horizontal nystagmus or above and below each eye for vertical nystagmus. [electro- + nystagmus + G. grapho, to write]

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elec·tro·nys·tag·mog·ra·phy i-.lek-trō-.nis-.tag-'mäg-rə-fē n, pl -phies the use of electrooculography to study nystagmus
elec·tro·nys·tag·mo·graph·ic -(.)nis-.tag-mə-'graf-ik adj

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elec·tro·nys·tag·mog·ra·phy (e-lek″tro-nis″tag-mogґrə-fe) the recording of changes in the corneoretinal potential due to eye movements, providing objective documentation of induced and spontaneous nystagmus.

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