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This page will help to inform all of us about the words that are associated with superior oblique myokymia (SOM).

Definitions are as accurate as possible, and are here through the generosity of MedlinePlus, which is a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.  Their preferred method of credit is:

Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary [Internet]. [Springfield (MA)]: Merriam-Webster, Incorporated; ©2003.

Please add any additional words or terms, that you feel would be helpful to our members, in the thread entitled Glossary on our main message board. 

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-primarystresslomacr-pemacron-schwa
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
fschwa-secondarystresssik-yschwa-primarystresslamacr-shschwan
Noun
Muscular twitching involving the simultaneous contraction of contiguous groups of muscle fibers  

nystagmus   

 

 


 

nys·tag·mus
nis-primarystresstag-mschwas
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
odotr-bschwa-primarystresstät-schwa-memacron
Noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -mies
Surgical incision of the orbit  

 oscillations  

 

 

 

os·cil·la·tion
äs-schwa-primarystresslamacr-shschwan
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
primarystressläp-semacron-schwa
Noun
A visual disturbance in which objects appear to oscillate  

 rotation 

 

 


 

ro·ta·tion
romacr-primarystresstamacr-shschwan
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
strschwa-primarystressbiz-mschwas
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