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strabismus
[ struh-biz-muhs ]
noun
- a disorder of vision due to a deviation from normal orientation of one or both eyes so that both cannot be directed at the same object at the same time; squint; crossed eyes.
strabismus
/ strəˈbɪzməs /
noun
- abnormal alignment of one or both eyes, characterized by a turning inwards or outwards from the nose thus preventing parallel vision: caused by paralysis of an eye muscle, etc Also calledsquint
Derived Forms
- straˈbismal, adjective
Other Words From
- stra·bismal stra·bismic stra·bismi·cal adjective
- stra·bismal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of strabismus1
Word History and Origins
Origin of strabismus1
Example Sentences
On the other hand, in concomitant strabismus, restriction of movement towards the opposite side not unfrequently develops itself.
Strabismus is present when one eye only is directed to the fixed point, while the visual line of the other eye deviates from it.
Thus it happens frequently in divergent strabismus, when one eye is myopic, the other emmetropic.
For near objects the myopic eye is used without accommodation and therefore also without convergent strabismus of the right.
It may, therefore, be useful for our purpose to cite a few cases of periodic convergent strabismus with emmetropia.
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