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Strabismus

Stra-bis′mus

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to squint, fr. [GREEK] distorted, squinting.]
(Med.)
An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object, – a defect due either to undue contraction or to undue relaxation of one or more of the muscles which move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye.

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Strabismus

Strabismus

See also: strabismus

German

Noun

Strabismus m

  1. strabismus

strabismus

strabismus

See also: Strabismus

English

Noun

strabismus ‎(usually uncountable, plural strabismuses)

  1. A defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles; a squint.

Synonyms

  • cast-eye

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Etymology

Borrowing from New Latin strabismus, from Ancient Greek στραβισμός ‎(strabismós), from στραβίζω ‎(strabízō, “to squint”), from στραβός ‎(strabós, “squinting”) (whence the synonymous Latin strabus).

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