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heterophoria

[ het-er-uh-fawr-ee-uh, -fohr- ]
/ ˌhɛt ər əˈfɔr i ə, -ˈfoʊr- /

noun Ophthalmology.

a latent strabismus of one or both eyes.

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Origin of heterophoria

1885–90; hetero- + Greek -phoria a carrying, equivalent to -phor(os) -phorous + -ia-ia

OTHER WORDS FROM heterophoria

het·er·o·phor·ic [het-er-uh-fawr-ik, -for-], /ˌhɛt ər əˈfɔr ɪk, -ˈfɒr-/, adjective

Words nearby heterophoria

heterophemia, heterophil, heterophil antigen, heterophonia, heterophony, heterophoria, heterophthalmus, Heterophyes, heterophyiasis, heterophyllous, heterophyte
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Medical definitions for heterophoria

heterophoria
[ hĕt′ə-rō-fôr′ē-ə ]

n.

A tendency of the eyes to deviate from the parallel.
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