Definition of "strabismus" []

• A visual defect in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles. Also called squint. (noun)

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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."
• "As a child, Barry had three operations to fix her crossed eyes (a condition called strabismus), but she didn't realize that she couldn't see in 3-D until she attended a college lecture on vision."
• "And so, the primary adaptation to having misaligned eyes, a condition also called strabismus, is to suppress the input from one eye, and then you don't have to worry about double vision or visual confusion."