strabismus
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Origin of strabismus
1675–85; < New Latin < Greek strabismós, equivalent to strab ( ós ) squinting + -ismos -ism
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Strabismus is derived from strabos, the Greek word for “squint,” which aptly describes the reaction by adults who compensate for the defect by closing either eye.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2022
He spent decades at the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, where he rose to become an executive director, and was also director and senior scientist at the Strabismus Research Foundation.
From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2021
Strabismus is a symptom of very ordinary occurrence, particularly when other paralytic or spasmodic phenomena exist.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Squint′ing, technically Strabismus, a common deformity which may be defined as a want of parallelism in the visual axes, when the patient endeavours to direct both eyes to an object at the same time.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Dr. Isler in his dissertation, 'The Dependence of Strabismus on Refraction,' gives the percentage of hypermetropia in convergent squint as 88 per cent.—a great difference, which can, however, be partly accounted for.
From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.
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