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oscillopsia

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oscillopsia /os·cil·lop·sia/ (os″ĭ-lop´se-ah) a visual sensation that stationary objects are swaying back and forth.
os·cil·lop·si·a (s-lps-)
n.
The sensation that viewed objects are moving or wavering back and forth. Also called oscillating vision.

oscillopsia
[os′silop′sē·ə]
abnormal jerky eye movements which are commonly associated with multiple sclerosis but can also result from head injury. They create a subjective sensation that the environment is oscillating.

oscillopsia [os″ĭ-lop´se-ah]
a visual sensation that stationary objects are swaying back and forth.

oscillopsia 
Vision in which objects appear to oscillate. It may be due to acquired nystagmus, loss of vestibular function, neurosis, multiple sclerosis, in superior oblique myokymia, etc.


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