blepharoclonus
English
Etymology
blepharo- + clonus
Noun
blepharoclonus (uncountable)
- (medicine) An increase in the frequency or duration of blinking.
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
- He showed a rather unblinking, lizard-like stare, except when grimacing, or during his rare paroxysms of blepharoclonus.
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings