STRABISMUS


Meaning of STRABISMUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ strə-ˈbiz-məs ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek strabismos condition of squinting, from strabizein to squint, from strabos squint-eyed; akin to Greek strephein to twist

Date: circa 1684

: inability of one eye to attain binocular vision with the other because of imbalance of the muscles of the eyeball — called also squint — compare cross-eye

• stra·bis·mic -mik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.