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Cross-eye

Definition: Cross-eye

Cross-eye

Noun

1. 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.
 


Specialty Definition: Cross-eye

DomainDefinition

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.

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Synonyms: Cross-eye

Synonyms: convergent strabismus (n), crossed eye (n), esotropia (n). (additional references)

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Modern Translation: Cross-eye

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

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Cross-eye

Misspellings

"Cross-eye" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Crossey. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Cross-eye

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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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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