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strabismus
(strә-biz´mәs)
a condition in which the lines of sight of the two eyes cannot be directed at the same point of fixation under normal conditions; it is normal in newborn babies, but it should stop by the time the baby is six moths old. Strabismus
beyond the newborn period may be caused by a blow on the head, disease, heredity, or a few other conditions. The various forms
of strabismus are spoken of as tropias, with the direction of eye deviation indicated by a prefix, such as cyclotropia, esotropia, exotropia, hypertropia, and hypotropia. Called also squint. adj., strabis´mic., adj.
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