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exotropia

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[ek-suh-troh-pee-uh] / ˌɛk səˈtroʊ pi ə /

noun

Ophthalmology.

strabismus in which one or both eyes turn outward.

Etymology

Origin of exotropia

1895–1900; exo- + Greek -tropia a turning; see trope, -ia

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