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heterophoria

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Latent strabismus, which occurs only during dissociation of the left eye and right eye, whereby fusion of the eyes is absent

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

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History

Etymology

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

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Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: heteroforie — a type of eye condition
  • Finnish: piilokarsastus — a type of eye condition