strabismus
Meaning
Noun
- A defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles; a squint.
Related
Similar words
- cast-eye
Origin
- Borrowed from New Latin strabismus, from Ancient Greek στραβισμός, from στραβίζω, from στραβός (whence the synonymous Latin strabus).
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