strabismus
See also: Strabismus
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from New Latin strabismus, from Ancient Greek στραβισμός (strabismós), from στραβίζω (strabízō, “to squint”), from στραβός (strabós, “squinting”) (whence the synonymous Latin strabus).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /stɹəˈbɪzməs/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
editstrabismus (usually uncountable, plural strabismuses)
- 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.
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editTranslations
editdefect of vision
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Further reading
edit- strabismus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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