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strabismic

strabismic

9.7
Having one eye that does not look in the same direction as the other eye
  • adjective
  • /strəˈbɪzmɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : estrábico
  • The child underwent surgery to correct her strabismic condition and improve her vision.

Examples

  • His left eye is severely strabismic.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • Pittman, a smallish, thinnish, sharp-faced man with ash-gray hair and soft, strabismic brown eyes, lives here with his wife, Lois, and Mickey, a white pit bull.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • The doctor explained that strabismic eyes can lead to difficulties with depth perception.

  • While watching the movie, he noticed that the strabismic patterns in his vision made it hard to focus.

Synonyms

cross-eyed
vsstrabismic
3 6.3

Eyes that turn inward toward the nose

applies broadly to misaligned eyes rather than only inward turning cases
walleyed
vsstrabismic
  • Specialized
1 9.9

Having eyes that turn outward and look in different directions

refers to eye misalignment in general, not only outward turning
squint-eyed
vsstrabismic
8.2

Having eyes that do not look in the same direction

is the medical adjective for any eye misalignment rather than a casual term
skew-eyed
vsstrabismic
9.3

A person who has eyes that look in different directions

is the formal medical adjective covering all types of misaligned eyes

How Misaligned

severe
520 3.5
moderate
415 3.3
strabismic
  • Specialized
9.7
mild
107 1.0
aligned
3.7

Surface Forms

strabismic positive

Morphology

strabismic = strabismus (transparent) = strabismus + ic

Formed by the regular adjectival suffix '-ic' on the noun 'strabismus', so the adjective clearly means 'relating to strabismus'.

Etymology

Strabismic comes from the Greek word strabismos meaning 'to look sideways' or 'squint'. So a strabismic eye is one that does not point straight, which is why the word is used for eyes that are not lined up.