strabismus (redirected from strabismal)

stra·bis·mus  (str-bzms)

n.

A visual defect in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles. Also called squint.

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[New Latin, from Greek strabismos, condition of squinting, from strabizein, to squint, from strabos, squinting; see streb(h)- in Indo-European roots.]

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stra·bismal (-ml), stra·bismic (-mk) adj.

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strabismus

Noun

Pathol same as squint (sense 3) [Greek strabismos]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

strabismus - abnormal alignment of one or both eyes squint abnormalcy, abnormality - an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies convergent strabismus, cross-eye, crossed eye, esotropia - strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose divergent strabismus, exotropia, walleye - strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward