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strabismus.

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.

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Meaning & usage

noun/stɹəˈbɪzməs/
  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
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from New Latin strabismus, from Ancient Greek στραβισμός (strabismós), from στραβίζω (strabízō, “to squint”), from στραβός (strabós, “squinting”) (whence the synonymous Latin strabus).

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