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cross-eye

  [kraws-ahy, kros-ahy]
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–noun
crossed eyes.
Origin:
1785–95

crossed eyes

 
–noun
strabismus, esp. the form in which one or both eyes turn inward.
Also, cross-eye.
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cross-eye   (krôs'ī', krŏs'ī')
n.  

  1. Esotropia.

  2. An eye affected with esotropia. Often used in the plural.

cross'-eyed' adj.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: cross–eye
Pronunciation: 'kro-"sI
Function: noun
1 : squint in which the eye turns inward toward the nose called alsoesotropia; —compare WALLEYE 2a
2 cross–eyes /-'sIz/ pl : eyesaffected with cross-eye cross-eyes> —cross–eyed /-'sId/ adjective
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Medical Dictionary

crossed eyes n.
See esotropia.

cross-eye (krôs'ī')
n.
A form of strabismus in which one or both eyes deviate toward the nose.

cross'-eyed' adj.

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