Mesh term Strabismus
Browse to parent terms:Ocular Motility Disorders
Description
Misalignment of the visual axes of the eyes. In comitant strabismus the degree of ocular misalignment does not vary with the direction of gaze. In noncomitant strabismus the degree of misalignment varies depending on direction of gaze or which eye is fixating on the target. (Miller, Walsh and Hoyt's Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology, 4th ed, p641)Browse to child terms:
Esotropia
Exotropia
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