strabismus

[prettygoodword]

strabismus - n., a visual defect in which one eye cannot focus with the because of imbalance of the eye muscles.


A squint. Via New Latin, from Greek strabismos, squinting, from strabos, squint-eyed.

---L.

Comments

[janni.livejournal.com]

Huh. I thought it was specifically misaligned (often crossed) eyes. Though I guess that would be the result, anyhow.

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

Right.

---L.