Anoopsia

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A condition in which one eye gazes upward while the other looks straight ahead. uncountable

    "The man who had been standing in the doorway stepped forward to greet them. No pheretrer he! His luteous face, scrobiculate by some unspeakable disease, was further disfigured by an anoopsia."

Example

More examples

"The man who had been standing in the doorway stepped forward to greet them. No pheretrer he! His luteous face, scrobiculate by some unspeakable disease, was further disfigured by an anoopsia."

Etymology

From ano- (“upwards”) + -opsia.

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