Strabismus

Origin

From Modern Latin strabismus, from Ancient Greek στραβισμός, from στραβίζω (strabizō, "to squint"), from στραβός (strabos, “squinting”; whence the synonymous Latin strabus).

Full definition of strabismus

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• cast-eye

Derived terms

• pseudostrabismus
• strabismic