| vertical strabismus | A form of strabismus in which the visual axis of one eye deviates upward (s. Sursum vergens) or downward (s. Deorsum vergens). (05 Mar 2000) |
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| mechanical strabismus | Strabismus due to restriction of action of the ocular muscle within the orbit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| child day care centres | Facilities which provide care for pre-school and school-age children. (12 Dec 1998) |
| riley-day syndrome | <radiology> Familial dysautonomia, autosomal recessive, seen in Jewish infants, malfunction of autonomic nervous system, possibly associated with catecholamine release and beta-NGF, hypersecretion of mucous glands, XR resembles cystic fibrosis (12 Dec 1998) |
| monocular strabismus | An obsolete term for strabismus in which one eye habitually deviates. (05 Mar 2000) |
| comitant strabismus | A condition in which the degree of strabismus is the same in all directions of gaze. Synonym: concomitant strabismus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| concomitant strabismus | A condition in which the degree of strabismus is the same in all directions of gaze. Synonym: concomitant strabismus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| convergent strabismus | Cross-eyed. (27 Sep 1997) |
| cyclic strabismus | A strabismus that appears and disappears in rhythym, most frequently at 48-hour intervals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| X-strabismus | Strabismus in which exotropia is more marked when looking upward or downward than when looking straight ahead. (05 Mar 2000) |
| seven-day fever | A fever resembling dengue occurring at the end of the summer in India. Synonym: seven-day fever. Synonym: hasamiyami. (05 Mar 2000) |
| short-day plant | A plant requiring less than 12 hours of daylight in order for flowering to occur. (09 Oct 1997) |
| strabismus | <clinical sign> A deviation of the eye which the patient cannot overcome. The visual axes assume a position relative to each other different from that required by the physiological conditions. The various forms of strabismus are spoken of as tropias, their direction being indicated by the appropriate prefix, as cyclo tropia, esotropia, exotropia, hypertropia and hypotropia. Also called cast, heterotropia, manifest deviation and squint. Origin: Gr. Strabismos = a squinting (18 Nov 1997) |
| strabismus deorsum vergens | An obsolete term for vertical strabismus in which the visual axis of one eye deviates downward. (05 Mar 2000) |
| strabismus sursum vergens | An obsolete term for a vertical strabismus in which the visual axis of one eye deviates upward. (05 Mar 2000) |