strabismus

/stɹəˈbɪzməs/

strabismus

English Noun

Definition

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.

Etymology

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