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strabismus


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Strabismus  \Stra*bis"mus\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?,  fr  ?  to  squint, 
  fr  ?  distorted,  squinting.]  (Med.) 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  strabismus 
  n  :  abnormal  alignment  of  one  or  both  eyes  [syn:  {squint}] 




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