strabismus

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

strabisme

Le strabisme

le strabisme

Synonymes

squint

cross-eye

diplopia

heterotropia

cross-eyed

squinting

heterotropy

ocular deviation

Traductions

estrabismo

estrabismo

strabismo

Schielen

Strabismus

estrabisme

στραβισμός

الحول

حول

scheelzien

strabismus

strabico

αλλοιθώρισμα

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/stɹəˈbɪzməs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à latin: strabus

In summary

Borrowed from New Latin strabismus, from Ancient Greek στραβισμός (strabismós), from στραβίζω (strabízō, “to squint”), from στραβός (strabós, “squinting”) (whence the synonymous Latin strabus).