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Heterophoria vs Exophoria - What's the difference?

heterophoria | exophoria |

As nouns the difference between heterophoria and exophoria

is that heterophoria is (pathology) latent strabismus, which occurs only during dissociation of the left eye and right eye, whereby fusion of the eyes is absent while exophoria is (ophthalmology) a form of heterophoria in which there is a tendency of the eyes to deviate outward.

heterophoria

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Noun

  • (pathology) 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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    exophoria

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    Noun

  • (ophthalmology) A form of heterophoria in which there is a tendency of the eyes to deviate outward.

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