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electronystagmogram (medicine)


electronystagmogram
<investigation> A test which involves the graphic recording of eye movements usually used to confirm the presence of nystagmus.

This test is useful in the evaluation of dizziness (vertigo) and can help determine if there is damage to the vestibular portion of the acoustic nerve. It may be performed in situations of suspected acoustic neuroma, benign positional vertigo, labyrinthitis and Meniere's disease.


Absalom (sh)




flourished งใ 1020 BC, Palestine

In ancient Israel, the third and most beloved son of David.

His story is told in 2 Samuel 13-19. An attractive but lawless man, he killed his half brother Amnon as revenge for the latter's rape of Tamar, Absalom's sister, and was banished from the kingdom for a time. He later raised a rebellion against his father, capturing Jerusalem but meeting defeat in the forest of Ephraim, where he was killed by his cousin Joab, who found him caught by the hair in an oak tree. Despite Absalom's treachery, David greatly lamented his son's death.