Strabismus
[strә'bizmәs]
Definition
(n.) An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object, -- a defect due either to undue contraction or to undue relaxation of one or more of the muscles which move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye.
Inputed by Elvira
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Squinting, strabism, cast of the eye, obliquity of vision.
Editor: Ozzie
Definition
n. squint.—adjs. Strabis′mal Strabis′mic -al.—ns. Strabismom′eter Strabom′eter an instrument for measuring strabismus; Strabot′omy the surgical operation for the cure of squinting by the division of the muscle or muscles that distort the eyeball.
Edited by Hattie