heterophoria

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noun

Latent strabismus, which occurs only during dissociation of the left eye and right eye, whereby fusion of the eyes is absent

OriginAncient Greek ἕτερος →
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Meanings

nounheterophoria (countable and uncountable, plural heterophorias)

plural heterophorias

  1. countableuncountablemedicineLatent strabismus, which occurs only during dissociation of the left eye and right eye, whereby fusion of the eyes is absent

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
phoria

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἕτερος“other, another, different”
  2. Englishheterophoria

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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Translations

Czech heteroforie
  • heteroforiea type of eye condition
Finnish piilokarsastus
  • piilokarsastusa type of eye condition
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