Etymology

heterophoria

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Ancient Greek ἕτερος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἕτερος“other, another, different”
  2. English todayheterophoria

By surface analysis, hetero- + -phore + -ia; from Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + -φορία (-phoría), from φέρειν (phérein, “to bear”).

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