English Explanatory Dictionary

heterophoria

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Latent strabismus, which occurs only during dissociation of the left eye and right eye, whereby fusion of the eyes is absent

Word forms

heterophoria heterophorias

Etymology

By surface analysis, hetero- + -phore + -ia; from Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + -φορία (-phoría), from φέρειν (phérein, “to bear”).

Related words

heterophoric
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