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superior oblique myokymia	Superior oblique myokymia (SOM) is a neurological disorder affecting vision. Superior oblique myokymia  is a condition that presents as repeated, brief episodes of movement, shimmering or shaking of the vision of one eye, a feeling of the eye trembling, or vertical/tilted double vision.  It can present as one or more of these symptoms.  Diagnosis is most often made by the elimination of other conditions, disorders or diseases.
diplopia	dip·lo·pia dip-l-p- Noun A disorder of vision in which two images of a single object are seen (as from unequal action of the eye muscles) -- called also double vision - dip·lo·pic /-l-pik, -läp-ik/ adjective
fasciculations	fas·cic·u·la·tion f-sik-y-l-shn Noun Muscular twitching involving the simultaneous contraction of contiguous groups of muscle fibers
nystagmus	nys·tag·mus nis-tag-ms Noun Involuntary usually rapid movement of the eyeballs (as from side to side) occurring normally with dizziness during and after bodily rotation or abnormally following head injury or as a symptom of disease
orbitotomy	or·bi·tot·o·my r-b-tät--m Noun Inflected Form(s): plural -mies Surgical incision of the orbit
oscillations	os·cil·la·tion äs--l-shn Noun 1 : The action or state of oscillating 2 : A flow of electricity changing periodically from a maximum to a minimum; especially : a flow periodically changing direction
oscillopsia	os·cil·lop·sia läp-s- Noun A visual disturbance in which objects appear to oscillate
rotation	ro·ta·tion r-t-shn Noun The action or process of rotating on or as if on an axis or center; specifically : the turning of a body part about its long axis as if on a pivot (rotation of the head to look over the shoulder) - ro·ta·tion·al /-shnl, -shn-l/ adjective
strabismus	stra·bis·mus str-biz-ms Noun Inability of one eye to attain binocular vision with the other because of imbalance of the muscles of the eyeball  Also called: heterotropia, squint