strabismicadj.
/strəˈbɪzmɪk/, U.S. /strəˈbɪzmɪk/ Pathology.
Of, pertaining to, or affected by strabismus. Also figurative.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > squinting or cross-eyed
wall-eyeda1400
thwartingc1430
gleed1482
pink-eyed1519
goggle1540
squint1579
squint-eyed1589
squinted1591
squinting1611
moon-eyed1623
squink-eyed1632
asquint1643
skew-eyed1658
cockeyed1751
yaw-sighted1751
swivel-eyed1758
cross-eyed1791
slew-eyed1807
skellied1821
squinny-eyeda1825
strabismic1855
boss-eyed1860
strabismical1866
hyperphoric1887
strabismal1891
heterophoric1894
squinty1922
squinty1925
1855 Lancet 12 May 479/1 If the strabismic eye be brought into play, it assumes a normal condition, and moves in obedience to the will.
1875 H. Walton Pract. Treat. Dis. Eye (ed. 3) 385 Strabismic vision.
1915 H. de Sélincourt Realms of Day ii. 8 The weak and dim-eyed, who blame life for their own strabismic will-lessness.
1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions ii. viii. 695 A small figure clutching a filthy dollar bill fixed him with a strabismic stare.
1975 Nature 20 Nov. 199/1 If a kitten is made strabismic by sectioning an eye muscle..their neurones are found to receive input from one eye or the other, but very few receive input from both.
Derivatives
straˈbismical adj. suffering from strabismus.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > squinting or cross-eyed
wall-eyeda1400
thwartingc1430
gleed1482
pink-eyed1519
goggle1540
squint1579
squint-eyed1589
squinted1591
squinting1611
moon-eyed1623
squink-eyed1632
asquint1643
skew-eyed1658
cockeyed1751
yaw-sighted1751
swivel-eyed1758
cross-eyed1791
slew-eyed1807
skellied1821
squinny-eyeda1825
strabismic1855
boss-eyed1860
strabismical1866
hyperphoric1887
strabismal1891
heterophoric1894
squinty1922
squinty1925
1866 Athenæum 20 Jan. 92/3 When strabismical statisticians number the peeresses who find daily solace in gin-palaces.
1889 Science 10 May 364/2 Should a child be born with..a strabismical eye, or distorted limbs, he is accepted as a healer of coming generations.
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