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hippus
Intermittent pupillary dilation and constriction, independent of illumination, convergence, or psychic stimuli.

Origin: G. Hippos, horse, from a fancied suggestion of galloping movements

Respiratory hippus, dilation of the pupils occurring during forced, voluntary inspiration, and contraction during expiration.