strabismus /stra·bis·mus/ (strah-biz´mus) squint; deviation of the eye which the patient cannot overcome; the visual axes assume a position relative to each other different from that required by the physiological conditions.strabis´mic
concomitant strabismus,
concomitant strabismus that due to faulty insertion of the eye muscles, resulting in the same amount of deviation regardless of the direction of the gaze.
convergent strabismus esotropia.
divergent strabismus exotropia.
nonconcomitant strabismus that in which the amount of deviation of the squinting eye varies according to the direction of gaze.
vertical strabismus that in which the visual axis of the squinting eye deviates in the vertical plane (hypertropia or hypotropia).
con·com·i·tant strabismus (k n-k m  -tnt)n. Strabismus in which the degree of imbalance is the same regardless of which direction the eyes are looking. |
concomitant strabismus,
a condition of crossed eyes in which the angle of squint is the same in all directions of gaze for a given testing distance. Also called comitant strabismus.
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