divergent squint (strabismus)

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• divergent squint — or divergent strabismus, a squint characterized by the turning of the eye outward …   Useful english dictionary

• divergent strabismus — noun strabismus in which one or both eyes are directed outward • Syn: ↑walleye, ↑exotropia • Hypernyms: ↑strabismus, ↑squint * * * divergent squint or divergent strabismus, a squint characte …   Useful english dictionary

• Strabismus — A condition in which the visual axes of the eyes are not parallel and the eyes appear to be looking in different directions. In divergent strabismus, or exotropia, the visual axes diverge. If the visual axes converge, it is called convergent… …   Medical dictionary

• Strabismus — For the protein Strabismus, see Strabismus (protein). Strabismus Classification and external resources Strabismus prevents bringing the gaze of both eyes to the same point in space. ICD 10 H …   Wikipedia

• squint — 1. SYN: strabismus. 2. To suffer from strabismus. convergent s. SYN: esotropia. divergent s. SYN: exotropia. external s. SYN: exotropia. internal s. SYN: esotropia …   Medical dictionary

• strabismus — heterotropia; n. squint: any abnormal alignment of the two eyes. The strabismus is most commonly horizontal – convergent strabismus (or esotropia) or divergent strabismus (exotropia) – but it may be vertical (hypertropia, in which the eye looks… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• Exotropia — Divergent gaze. Also called external strabismus or, pejoratively, wall eyed (like a walleyed pike). * * * That type of strabismus in which the visual axes diverge; may be paralytic or concomitant, monocular or alternating, constant or… …   Medical dictionary

• walleyed — adjective having divergent strabismus • Ant: ↑cross eyed * * * īd adjective Etymology: by folk etymology (influence of wall) (I) from Middle English wawil eghed, part translation of Old Norse vagl eygr walleyed, from vagl beam, roost, beam in the …   Useful english dictionary

• eye disease — Introduction  any of the diseases or disorders that affect the human eye (eye, human).       This article briefly describes the more common diseases of the eye and its associated structures, the methods used in examination and diagnosis, and the… …   Universalium

• cover test — a test used to detect a suppressed strabismus (squint) in children. The child is asked to look fixedly at an object with one eye while the other is kept open but covered by the hand of the observer. The hand is then withdrawn: if the eye that had …   Medical dictionary

• divergence — 1. A moving or spreading apart or in different directions. 2. The spreading of branches of the neuron to form synapses with several other neurons. [L. di , apart, + vergo, to incline] * * * di·ver·gence də vər jən(t)s, dī n 1 a) a drawing apart… …   Medical dictionary