oculogyria

English

Noun

oculogyria (uncountable)

1. The rotation of the eyeballs within their orbits.
   • 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:

     Lillian W. would also have bizarre 'miscellaneous' crises, in which a great variety of phenomena (sniffing, oculogyria, panting, counting, etc., etc.) would be thrown together in unexpected (and seemingly senseless) combinations; indeed new and strange combinations were continually appearing.

Related terms

• oculogyric

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Translations

• French: oculogyrie (fr) f