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Definition of: strabismus
(strə·biz′məs) noun Pathol.
A condition in which the eyes cannot be simultaneously focused on the same spot: when one or both eyes turn inward, the patient is cross–eyed: when outward, walleyed. [<NL <Gk. strabismos <strabizein squint <strabos twisted]
—stra·bis′mal, stra·bis′mic adjective
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