noun · uncountable · rare

strabismus

косоокість

косоглазие, страбизм

Strabismus

A defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because…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.

/stɹəˈbɪzməs/

Meaning

1 senses

(uncountable, usually)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.
Strabismus
косогла́зиеkosoglázije, страби́змstrabízm
косоокістьkosoókistʹ

More definitions

abnormal alignment of one or both eyes

Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

defect of vision:

Русский

By meaning 1

defect of vision:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

defect of vision:

Origin

Borrowed from New Latin strabismus, from Ancient Greek στραβισμός (strabismós), from στραβ

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

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source