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A condition in which stationary objects appear to jerk back and forth or wiggle, because of involuntary eye movements. Oscillopsia can be the result of labyrinthine, brainstem or cerebellar disease; occasionally it can also involve just one eye and be the result of spontaneous contractions of motor units in an eye muscle.
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perception of an oscillating image or environmental movement
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Oscillating vision. Swinging vision. In oscillopsia, objects seem to swing, move back and forth, jerk, or wiggle. A classical language hybrid derived from the Latin "oscillo", meaning to swing, and the Greek "opsis" meaning vision.
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Continuous, involuntary, and chaotic eye movements that result in a visual disturbance in which objects appear to be jumping or bouncing.
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A vision disorder caused by the loss of vestibular function resulting in the illusion that objects are bobbing up and down, to and fro, or back and forth.
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the perception that the environment is moving back and forth.
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Oscillopsia is a visual disturbance in which objects in the visual field appear to oscillate. The severity of the effect may range from a mild blurring to rapid and periodic jumping. Oscillopsia may be caused by loss of the vestibulo-ocular reflex, involuntary eye movements such as nystagmus, or impaired coordination in the visual cortex (especially due to toxins).
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