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spasmus nutans

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
spas-mus nu-tans
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A syndrome characterised by the symptom triad of head nodding, ocular oscillations and anomalous head position (torticollis).

Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spasmus nutans (literally “nodding spasm”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: spasmus nutans

Usage

Questions

What does spasmus nutans mean?
A syndrome characterised by the symptom triad of head nodding, ocular oscillations and anomalous head position (torticollis).
Where does spasmus nutans come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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