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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.

Nearby words

heterophemy, heterophil, heterophil antigen, heterophonia, heterophony, heterophoria, heterophthalmus, heterophyes, heterophyiasis, heterophyllous, heterophyte

Origin of heterophoria

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

Related formshet·er·o·phor·ic

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

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Medicine 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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