heterophoria

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, hetero- +‎ -phore +‎ -ia; from Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + -φορία (-phoría), from φέρειν (phérein, “to bear”).

Noun

heterophoria (countable and uncountable, plural heterophorias)

1. (pathology) Latent strabismus, which occurs only during dissociation of the left eye and right eye, whereby fusion of the eyes is absent

Related terms

• heterophoric

Translations

a type of eye condition

• Czech: heteroforie f
• Finnish: piilokarsastus (fi)

Further reading

• “heterophoria”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “heterophoria”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.