# strabismus

> English word · Noun · IPA /stɹəˈbɪzməs/ · frequency rank #83,784

## Definitions
1. 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.

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

## Source
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