heterophoria

[ het-er-uh-fawr-ee-uh, -fohr- ]

noun

, Ophthalmology.

1. a latent strabismus of one or both eyes.

Other Words From

• het·er·o·phor·ic [het-er-, uh, -, fawr, -ik, -, for, -], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of heterophoria¹

1885–90; hetero- + Greek -phoria a carrying, equivalent to -phor ( os ) -phorous + -ia -ia