STRABISMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strabismus mean? 

• STRABISMUS (noun)
  The noun STRABISMUS has 1 sense:

1. abnormal alignment of one or both eyes

  Familiarity information: STRABISMUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRABISMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormal alignment of one or both eyes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

squint; strabismus

Hypernyms ("strabismus" is a kind of...):

abnormalcy; abnormality (an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "strabismus"):

convergent strabismus; cross-eye; crossed eye; esotropia (strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose)

divergent strabismus; exotropia; walleye (strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward)

 Context examples 

Vertical strabismus in which there is permanent upward deviation of the visual axis of one eye.

(Hypertropia, NCI Thesaurus)

Vertical strabismus in which there is permanent downward deviation of the visual axis of one eye.

(Downward Ocular Deviation, NCI Thesaurus)

Strabismus - a disorder in which the two eyes don't line up in the same direction. This results in "crossed eyes" or "walleye."

(Eye Movement Disorders, NIH)

It is characterized by the presence of growth and psychomotor retardation, broad nasal bridge, low set ears, strabismus, trigonocephaly, and thrombocytopenia.

(Jacobsen Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of distinctive facial features (small mouth, midface hypoplasia, short nose, drooping of the eyelids, deep folds in the area between the nose and the lips, and strabismus), joint deformities that lead to permanently bent fingers and toes, club foot, scoliosis, and walking difficulties.

(Freeman Sheldon Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)