oculogyric

oculogyric
oc·u·lo·gy·ric (ŏk'yə-lō-jīʹrĭk) adj.
Of or relating to the turning of the eyeballs in the sockets.
  [Latin oculus, eye; see oculist + gyro- + -ic.]

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