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stra⋅bis⋅mus

[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; < NL < Gk strabismós, equiv. to strab(ós) squinting + -ismos -ism


stra⋅bis⋅mal, stra⋅bis⋅mic, stra⋅bis⋅mi⋅cal, adjective
stra⋅bis⋅mal⋅ly, adverb
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stra·bis·mus   (strə-bĭz'məs)   
n.  A visual defect in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles. Also called squint.

[New Latin, from Greek strabismos, condition of squinting, from strabizein, to squint, from strabos, squinting; see streb(h)- in Indo-European roots.]
stra·bis'mal (-məl), stra·bis'mic (-mĭk) adj.
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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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