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strabismus
/stɹəˈbɪzməs/
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What does strabismus mean?
noun
- 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.
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/stɹəˈbɪzməs/
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During childhood she had a severe strabismus and at 8 years of age was operated upon for it.
In rabies there is frequent strabismus, with the axis of the eye distorted outwards.
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The geographer, it appears, was afflicted with a peculiar squint of the eyes, hence the name strabismus, which the modern oculist applies to that particular infirmity.
The varieties of strabismus are so common that they will be passed without mention.
After finishing at Albany, I visited various places in western and central Massachusetts, and operated on eyes for strabismus or cross-eyes,--an operation which had then been recently introduced for that deformity; after which I settled at Chesterfield (Mass.), and commenced practicing medicine, where I remained about one year.