Strabismus
/stɹəˈbɪzməs/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 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. uncountable, usually
- 2 abnormal alignment of one or both eyes wordnet
Example
More examples"Strabismus is a condition causing misalignment of the eyes, leading one to be either cross-eyed (meaning they face inwards) or wall-eyed (meaning they face outwards)."
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin strabismus, from Ancient Greek στραβισμός (strabismós), from στραβίζω (strabízō, “to squint”), from στραβός (strabós, “squinting”) (whence the synonymous Latin strabus).