Etymology

strabismus

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Today it means: A defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles; a squint. Full definition →

New Latin strabismus ← Ancient Greek στραβισμός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστραβισμός
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromstrabismus
  3. English todaystrabismus

Borrowed from New Latin strabismus, from Ancient Greek στραβισμός (strabismós), from στραβίζω (strabízō, “to squint”), from στραβός (strabós, “squinting”) (whence the synonymous Latin strabus).

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