esotropia

(es′ō trō′pē ə)

noun

a condition in which only one eye fixes on an object while the other turns inward, producing the appearance of cross-eye

Origin: ModL < Gr esō, within + ModL -tropia, -tropy

See esotropia in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A form of strabismus in which one or both of the eyes deviate inward.

Origin:

Origin: New Latin esōtropia

Origin: : Greek esō, within; see en in Indo-European roots

Origin: + Greek tropē, a turning; see -tropic

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