strabismus

[ struh-biz-muhs ]

noun

, Ophthalmology.

1. 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.

strabismus

/ strəˈbɪzməs /

noun

1. 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 Also calledsquint

Derived Forms

• straˈbismal, adjective

Other Words From

• stra·bismal stra·bismic stra·bismi·cal adjective
• stra·bismal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of strabismus¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of strabismus¹

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

Example Sentences

On the other hand, in concomitant strabismus, restriction of movement towards the opposite side not unfrequently develops itself.

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Strabismus is present when one eye only is directed to the fixed point, while the visual line of the other eye deviates from it.

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Thus it happens frequently in divergent strabismus, when one eye is myopic, the other emmetropic.

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For near objects the myopic eye is used without accommodation and therefore also without convergent strabismus of the right.

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It may, therefore, be useful for our purpose to cite a few cases of periodic convergent strabismus with emmetropia.

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