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
strabismus in American English
(strəˈbɪzməs)
noun
a disorder of the muscles of the eyes, as cross-eye, in which both eyes cannot be focused on the same point at the same time
Derived forms
strabismal (straˈbismal)
adjective or straˈbismic
strabismally (straˈbismally)
adverb
Word origin
ModL < Gr strabismos < strabizein, to squint < strabos, twisted < IE *streb- < base *(s)ter-, stiff, taut > start, stare