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Definition: Strabismus |
StrabismusNoun1. Abnormal alignment of one or both eyes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Strabismus \Stra*bis"mus\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression, from to squint, from distorted, squinting.]. (references) |
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Health | Deviation of the eye which the patient cannot overcome. The visual axes assume a position relative to each other different from that required by the physiological conditions. The various forms of strabismus are spoken of as tropias, their direction being indicated by the appropriate prefix, as cyclo tropia, esotropia, exotropia, hypertropia, and hypotropia. Called also cast, heterotropia, manifest deviation, and squint. (references) |
Medicine | A condition in which one eye deviates from the point of fixation. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: StrabismusSynonym: squint (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Strabismus |
| English words defined with "strabismus": A cast of the eye ♦ convergent strabismus, crossed eye, cross-eye, cross-eyed ♦ divergent strabismus ♦ esotropia, exotropia ♦ Louchettes ♦ orthoptics ♦ squint, squinter, squint-eye, squint-eyed, Strabism, Strabismometer, strabotomy ♦ walleye, walleyed. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "strabismus": Agatston operation, Albinism, Ocular ♦ Botulinum Toxin Type A ♦ Greig hypertelorism ♦ Priestley heterophoria test, Priestley test ♦ von Graefe theory. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Strabismus" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (strabismus), Dutch (strabismus), German (strabismus). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | An eye care professional uses a prism to check for strabismus, a childhood eye disorder that affects the eye muscles. Credit: National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health. |
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Health | Surgery may correct strabismus and improve limb and jaw deformities. (references) | |
In some cases, physicians may recommend surgery to correct strabismus. (references) | ||
In newborns, the first symptom is an inability to suck. Excessive drooling and strabismus (crossed eyes) may occur. (references) | ||
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| "Strabismus" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "Strabismus" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 83.33% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 16.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "strabismus": Braid's strabismus ♦ concomitant strabismus ♦ convergent strabismus ♦ divergent strabismus ♦ paretic strabism 2.paretic strabismus. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "strabismus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Bulgarian | кривогледство (squint). (various references) | |
Danish | strabismus (squint). (various references) | |
Dutch | strabismus (squint). (various references) | |
Finnish | strabismus sursum vergens (hypertropia, vertical strabismus), ylöskarsastus (hypertropia, vertical strabismus), hypertropia (hypertropia, vertical strabismus). (various references) | |
French | strabisme. (various references) | |
German | Schielen (be boss-eyed, be cross eyed, look askance, squint, to squint), Strabismus (squint). (various references) | |
Greek | στραβισμόσ (squint), αλλοιθώρισμα. (various references) | |
Italian | strabismo (squinting, strabism). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 斜視 (squint), 内斜視 (cross-eyed). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ないしゃし (cross-eyed), しゃし (extravagance, history of a company, luxury, squint). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | abismusstray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | estrabismo (cockeye, squint). (various references) | |
Russian | косоглазие (squint). (various references) | |
Spanish | estrabismo (squint), bizcar (squint). (various references) | |
Thai | ตาเหล่ (sloe-eyed). (various references) | |
Turkish | şaşılık (cast in the eye, squint, squinting). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | страбізм, косоокість (cross eye, squint, wall eye). (various references) | |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "strabismus": strabismuses. (additional references) | |
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"Strabismus" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: stabismus, strybismus. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "strabismus" (pronounced 'Stra*bis"mus'): Accismus, Bulimus, Chiasmus, Cormus, humus, IGNORAMUS, isthmus, litmus, mandamus, marasmus, Momus, Nystagmus, Polyphemus, Primus, Ramus, Rhythmus, tenesmus, Thymus, trismus, Ulmus, vaginismus. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-i-m-r-s-s-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: brutisms, sistrums, tsarisms. | |
-3 letters: atriums, aurists, autisms, bariums, bassist, brutism, samburs, sistrum, strumas, submiss, submits, subsist, tamburs, trismus, truisms, tsarism, tussars. | |
-4 letters: airbus, ambits, assist, atrium, aurist, autism, barium, bruits, bursas, bursts, iambus, maists, mbiras, missus, rubati, rumbas, sabirs, sambur, simars, sistra, sitars, smarts, stairs, stasis, strass, struma, strums, submit, sutras, tambur, tarsus. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-i-m-r-s-s-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: strabismuses. | |
+3 letters: obscurantisms. | |
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