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blepharoclonus

blepharoclonus noun: an increase in the frequency or duration of blinking.

Noun

blepharoclonus (uncountable)

  1. An increase in the frequency or duration of blinking.
    • He showed a rather unblinking, lizard-like stare, except when grimacing, or during his rare paroxysms of blepharoclonus.1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings

Origin of blepharoclonus

From blepharo- + clonus.

Questions about blepharoclonus

What does blepharoclonus mean?
Blepharoclonus means an increase in the frequency or duration of blinking.
What part of speech is blepharoclonus?
Blepharoclonus is a noun.

Words near blepharoclonus in the dictionary

  1. blepharitis
  2. blepharo-
  3. blepharoadenitis
  4. blepharocerid
  5. blepharochalasis
  6. blepharoclonus
  7. blepharoconjunctivitis
  8. blepharocorythid
  9. blepharocorythids
  10. blepharoedema
  11. blepharoedemas

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