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orthoptic

orthoptic

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Relating to care and exercises that help both eyes work together
  • adjective
  • /ɔrˈθɑptɪk/
  • Specialized
: ortóptico
  • The orthoptic examination revealed that she had excellent binocular vision.

Examples

  • After undergoing orthoptic therapy, his ability to see in three dimensions improved significantly.

  • The biology teacher in me is interested in this, too, because they’ve chosen to translate the eye positions using cool medical terms: orthoptic (normal binocular vision), left strabismus, and right strabismus.

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  • Doctors use orthoptic methods to help patients with eye alignment issues.

Surface Forms

orthoptic positive

Morphology

orthoptic = optic (semi-transparent) = ortho + optic

The structure suggests 'correct or straight vision', but the specific clinical sense involving binocular vision therapy is more specialized than a learner would normally infer.

Etymology

The word orthoptic comes from Greek parts orth- meaning 'straight' or 'correct' and optic meaning 'eye' or 'sight', the same parts you see in optics and optician. So orthoptic care and exercises are about making the eyes work 'straight' and correctly together to help both eyes work as a team.