dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/nys_MW.json

{
  "nystagmus":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": involuntary usually rapid movement of the eyeballs occurring normally with dizziness during and after bodily rotation or abnormally following head injury or as a symptom of disease":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "ni-\u02c8stag-m\u0259s",
      "nis-\u02c8tag-m\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Finlay conducted a horizontal gaze nystagmus , a type of field sobriety test, and said Kumar failed four of six measures used to determine if someone is intoxicated, according to the arrest warrant affidavit. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 6 May 2022",
      "Officers performed a horizontal gaze nystagmus , a type of field sobriety test, and said Kumar failed four of six measures used to determine if someone is intoxicated. \u2014 Jay R. Jordan, Chron , 5 May 2022",
      "Little Johnny [who has low vision and nystagmus ] was impressive in this episode. \u2014 Dan Snierson, EW.com , 6 Apr. 2022",
      "Apl\u2019s life changed, however, when an American lawyer signed up to become his sponsor through the Pearl S. Buck Foundation and in 1986 brought him to Los Angeles with hopes of correcting his nystagmus , defined by the American Optometric Assn. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 22 Aug. 2021",
      "With nystagmus , a disability that causes involuntary eye movement, Saylor\u2019s vision with glasses is 20/200 and approximately 20/1400 without. \u2014 Grant Stoner, Wired , 17 Aug. 2021",
      "He was born with a condition called nystagmus that causes involuntary eye movement and makes his vision blurry and hard to focus. \u2014 Terry Collins, USA TODAY , 28 June 2021",
      "Not only did his acuity improve tremendously, but his nystagmus was reduced. \u2014 Susan R. Barry, WSJ , 18 June 2021",
      "In the late 1800s, British coal miners would sometimes develop nystagmus , after working underground for several years. \u2014 Rebecca Sohn, STAT , 22 Feb. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Greek nystagmos drowsiness, from nystazein to doze; probably akin to Lithuanian snusti to doze":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1772, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-172650"
  },
  "nystatin":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an antifungal agent that is derived from a soil actinomycete ( Streptomyces noursei ) and is used especially to treat candidiasis":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ni-st\u0259-t\u0259n",
      "\u02c8nis-t\u0259t-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "N ew Y ork Stat e (where it was developed) + -in entry 1":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1952, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-195413"
  },
  "Nyssaceae":{
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family of dicotyledonous trees (order Myrtales) containing the sour gums and having alternate leaves without stipules, inconspicuous greenish flowers in small heads, a 1- or 2-locular ovary, and the fruit a drupe":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "n\u0259\u0307\u02c8s\u0101s\u0113\u02cc\u0113"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Nyssa + -aceae":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-035759"
  },
  "Nyssa":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small genus of American and Asiatic trees (family Nyssaceae ) having flowers with imbricate petals and a single or 2-cleft style \u2014 see black gum , tupelo":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8nis\u0259"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, perhaps from Greek, meta, post":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-084615"
  }
}