Hypertext Webster Gateway: "strabismus"
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) 1.7 (wn)
strabismus
n : abnormal alignment of one or both eyes [syn: {squint}]
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