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stra⋅bis⋅mus

  [struh-biz-muhs]
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–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; < NL < Gk strabismós, equiv. 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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Main Entry: stra·bis·mus
Pronunciation: str&-'biz-m&s
Function: noun
: inability of one eye to attain binocular vision with the otherbecause of imbalance of the muscles of the eyeball called also heterotropia, squint
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strabismus stra·bis·mus (strə-bĭz'məs)
n.
A visual defect in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an objective because of imbalance of the eye muscles. Also called heterotropia, squint, tropia.

stra·bis'mal (-məl) or stra·bis'mic (-mĭk) adj.

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