abnormal alignment of one or both eyes, characterized by a turning inwards or outwards from the nose thus preventing parallel vision: caused by paralysis of an eye muscle, etc
Also called: squint
Derived forms
strabismal (straˈbismal) or strabismic (straˈbismic) or strabismical (straˈbismical)
adjective
Word origin
C17: via New Latin from Greek strabismos, from strabizein to squint, from strabos cross-eyed