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strabismic

[struh-biz-muhs]

noun Ophthalmology.

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.

Origin:
1675–85; < Neo-Latin < Greek strabismós, equivalent to strab(ós) squinting + -ismos -ism

Related forms

stra·bis·mal, stra·bis·mic, stra·bis·mi·cal, adjective

stra·bis·mal·ly, adverb

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strabismus (strəˈbɪzməs)

—n
	Also called: squint 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

[C17: via New Latin from Greek strabismos, from strabizein to squint, from strabos cross-eyed]

stra'bismal

—*adj*

stra'bismic

—*adj*

stra'bismical

—*adj*

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