exodeviation
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exodeviation
[ek″so-de″ve-a´shun]a turning outward; in ophthalmology, exotropia.
ex·o·pho·ri·a
(ek'so-fō'rē-ă), Do not confuse this word with esophoria.Tendency of the eyes to deviate outward when fusion is suspended.
Synonym(s): exodeviation (1)
[exo- + G. phora, a carrying]
exodeviation
/exo·de·vi·a·tion/ (-de″ve-a´shun) a turning outward; in ophthalmology, exotropia.exodeviation
(1) Exophoria, see there.(2) Exotropia, see there.
ex·o·pho·ri·a
(eks'ō-fōr'ē-ă)Tendency of the eyes to deviate outward when fusion is suspended.
Synonym(s): exodeviation (1) .
Synonym(s): exodeviation (1) .
[exo- + G. phora, a carrying]
ex·o·tro·pi·a
(ek'sō-trō'pē-ă)That type of strabismus in which the visual axes diverge; may be paralytic or concomitant, monocular or alternating, constant or intermittent.
Synonym(s): divergent strabismus, exodeviation (2) , wall-eye.
Synonym(s): divergent strabismus, exodeviation (2) , wall-eye.
[exo- + G. tropē, turn]
exodeviation
a turning outward; in ophthalmology, exotropia.