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Strabismus vs Heterophoria - What's the difference?

strabismus | heterophoria |

As nouns the difference between strabismus and heterophoria

is that strabismus is a defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles; a squint while heterophoria is latent strabismus, which occurs only during dissociation of the left eye and right eye, whereby fusion of the eyes is absent.

strabismus

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A defect of vision in which one eye cannot focus with the other on an object because of imbalance of the eye muscles; a squint.

    • Synonyms

    *cast-eye

    Derived terms

    * pseudostrabismus * strabismic

    heterophoria

    English

    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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