strabism
(ˈstreɪbɪz(ə)m)
Also 7 strabisme.
[Anglicized form of strabismus. Cf. F. strabisme.]
= strabismus.
| 1656 Blount Glossogr., Strabism..the squintness in the eyes. 1658 Phillips, Strabisme, a looking a squint. 1661 Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 417 The strabisme, or squintnesse, caused, by evil conformation, custome, or disease. 1755 Johnson, Strabism, a squinting; act of looking asquint. 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1824) I. xxix. 238 Hence proceeds that awkward look which is known by the name of strabism. 1807 Med. Jrnl. XVII. 526 Perfectly formed eyes have little inducement to wander into habits of strabism. 1914 Contemp. Rev. Apr. 507 Some Spanish critics have lately attributed the defects in his [El Greco's] drawing to strabism and astigmatism. |