stra|bis|mus

stra|bis|mus
stra|bis|mus «struh BIHZ muhs», noun.
a disorder of vision due to the turning of one eye or both eyes from the normal position so that both cannot be directed at the same point or object at the same time; cross-eye or walleye; cast; squint.
[< New Latin strabismus < Greek strabismós < strabízein to squint < strabós squint-eyed, related to stréphein to turn]

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