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Definition: Cross-eye |
Cross-eyeNoun1. Strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | Deviation from the normal of the visual axis of one or other eye, so that single binocular vision cannot take place. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Cross-eyeSynonyms: convergent strabismus (n), crossed eye (n), esotropia (n). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "cross-eye"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Danish | skeloejethed (squinting eye), skelen (squint, squinting eye, strabismus). (various references) | ||||
Dutch | scheel oog (squinting eye). (various references) | ||||
French | oeil qui louche. (various references) | ||||
German | Schielauge (squinting eye). (various references) | ||||
Italian | occhio strabico (squinting eye). (various references) | ||||
Manx | sooill cham. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | oss-eyecray | ||||
Misspellings | |
"Cross-eye" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Crossey. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-o-r-s-s-y" | |
-2 letters: corses, coseys, crosse, cyeses, eroses, recess, scores, screes, sycees. | |
-3 letters: ceres, ceros, cores, corse, coses, cosey, coyer, cress, cross, erose, erses, eyers, eyres, oyers, roses, score, scree, seers, seres, sores, sycee, syces, yeses, yores. | |
-4 letters: cees, cere, cero, cess, core, cors, cory, coss, cosy, coys, eery, eros, eses, eyer, eyes, eyre, orcs, ores. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-o-r-s-s-y" | |
+3 letters: heterocysts, stereoscopy. | |
+4 letters: cherrystones, compressedly, conveyorises, cycloserines, electrolyses, electrolysis, intercessory, recessionary, streptomyces. | |
+5 letters: bacteriolyses, compressively, counterstyles, cryopreserves, cryosurgeries, cysticercoses, heterocystous, psychometries, psychrometers, spermatocytes, synchromeshes. | |
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