Kleinian

adj. denoting or in accordance with the theories and methods of the school of psychoanalysis founded by Melanie Klein, including concepts such as internalization, object relations, the depressive position, idealization, and the paranoid-schizoid position.

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December 19th 2024

Bekhterev’s nystagmus

Bekhterev’s nystagmus

a form of nystagmus that develops after the loss of a second labyrinth. Nystagmus occurs after the destruction of the first of the two labyrinths but eventually subsides, only to recur as a compensatory effect after loss of the second labyrinth. Also called compensatory nystagmus. [Vladimir M. Bekhterev]