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8 words match “STRABISM”

STRABISM n.
Strabismus.
STRABISMOMETER n.
An instrument for measuring the amount of strabismus.
STRABISMUS n.
An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object, -- a defect due either to undue contraction or to undue relaxation of one or more of the muscles which move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye.
CAST n.
Contrivance; plot, design. [Obs.] Chaucer. A cast of the eye, a slight squint or strabismus. -- Renal cast (Med.), microscopic bodies found in the urine of persons affected with disease of the kidneys; -- so called because they are formed of matter deposited in, and preserving the outline of, the renal tubes. -- The…
CROSS-EYE n.
See Strabismus.
CROSS-EYED a.
Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.
LOUCHETTES n.
Goggles intended to rectify strabismus by permitting vision only directly in front. Knight.
SQUINT n.
A want of coincidence of the axes of the eyes; strabismus.