ORTHOPTICS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does orthoptics mean? 

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

1. treatment of defects of binocular vision (such as strabismus and amblyopia) by nonsurgical measures (especially by exercises to strengthen the eye muscles)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORTHOPTICS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Treatment of defects of binocular vision (such as strabismus and amblyopia) by nonsurgical measures (especially by exercises to strengthen the eye muscles)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

intervention; treatment (care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury))

Derivation:

orthoptic (of or relating to normal binocular vision)

orthoptist (a specialist in orthoptics)