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Latent strabismus, which occurs only during dissociation of the left eye and right eye, whereby fusion of the eyes is absent.
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Heterophoria — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|H|50|5|h|49 ICD9 = ICD9|378.40 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = Heterophoria is a type of eye condition where the motion of the eyes are not … Wikipedia
heterophoria — A tendency for deviation of the eyes from parallelism, prevented by binocular vision. [hetero + G. phora, movement] * * * het·ero·pho·ria .het ə rō fōr ē ə, fȯr ē ə n latent strabismus in which one eye tends to deviate either medially or… … Medical dictionary
heterophoria — n. a tendency to squint. Under normal circumstances both the eyes work together and look at the same point simultaneously, but if one eye is covered it will move out of alignment with the object the other eye is still viewing. When the cover is… … The new mediacal dictionary
heterophoria — heterophoric /het euhr euh fawr ik, for /, adj. /het euhr euh fawr ee euh, fohr /, n. Ophthalm. a latent strabismus of one or both eyes. [1885 90; HETERO + Gk phoria a carrying, equiv. to phor(os) PHOROUS + ia IA] * * * … Universalium
heterophoria — n. tendency of one eye to deviate in one direction or another (Ophthalmology) … English contemporary dictionary
heterophoria — het·er·o·pho·ria … English syllables
heterophoria — n. squint due to weak muscle. ♦ heterophoric, a … Dictionary of difficult words
heterophoria — … Useful english dictionary
Гетерофория (Heterophoria) — тенденция к отклонению глазных яблок от параллельных осей. При нормальных обстоятельствах оба глаза работают вместе, одновременно смотря в одну и ту же точку, однако если прикрыть один глаз рукой, то он отойдет от первоначальной параллельной оси … Медицинские термины
latent deviation — heterophoria … Medical dictionary
