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strabismus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | squint |
| Type of | abnormalcy, abnormality |
| Has types | convergent strabismus, cross-eye, crossed eye, divergent strabismus, esotropia, exotropia, walleye |
Examples of strabismus
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Strabismus in children has a prevalence of about 2 percent in the United States.
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Eyes are upslanting and show palpebral fissures, hypertelorism, and strabismus.
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Not bad for a guy who was born with strabismus, otherwise known as cross-eyes.
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This portrayal suggests problems of the right eyelid, and possible strabismus.
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Since then, her daughter, and her twin daughter Brooke, have had strabismus surgery.
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There are usually no associated developmental delays in children who have strabismus.
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There are different types of strabismus, and the type determines treatment.
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But typically, the diagnosis is strabismus, a misalignment of the eyes.
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Frequently, amblyopia is associated with a combination of anisometropia and strabismus.
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- Abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
- Strabismus is a condition that interferes with binocular vision because it prevents a person from directing both eyes simultaneously towards the same fixation point; the eyes do not properly align with each other. Heterotropia is a medical synonym for the condition. Colloquial terms for strabismus include "cross-eye", "wall-eye", and a "cast of the eye"...
- Strabismus was originally identified as a Drosophila protein involved in planar cell polarity . Flies with mutated stranismus genes have altered development of omatidia in their eyes. ...
- 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
- Misalignment of the two eyes, in which they point at different positions. Strabismus is more common in children and eyeglasses, vision training, and/or surgery can correct it.
- Condition occurs when the muscles of the eye do not aligned properly and binocular vision is not present. Patients with a history of strabismus may develop double vision after refractive eye surgery.
- (clinical condition) turned eye (s), the eyes are misaligned. It is caused by a reduction in visual acuity, reduced visual function, high refractive error, traumatic brain injury, oculomotor nerve lesion, or eye muscle injury. ...
- (struh-BIZ-mus). Eye misalignment caused by extraocular muscle imbalance: one fovea is not directed at the same object as the other.
- A misalignment of the eyes: the eye don't point at the same object together. Crossed eyes (esotropia) are one type of strabismus; "wall-eyes" (exotropia) are another. The exact cause is unknown, but appears to be a problem with the eye muscles. Strabismus can affect depth perception.
