squint deviation

squint deviation
squint angle; see under angle.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • squint — Synonyms and related words: aberration, cast, circuitousness, cock the eye, convergent strabismus, cross eye, cross eyedness, crosswiseness, declination, deflection, deflexure, deviance, deviation, deviousness, diagonality, digression, divagation …   Moby Thesaurus

  • squint — verb 1》 look at someone or something with partly closed eyes.     ↘partly close (one s eyes). 2》 have a squint affecting one eye. noun 1》 a permanent deviation in the direction of the gaze of one eye. 2》 informal a quick or casual look. 3》 an… …   English new terms dictionary

  • deviation — Synonyms and related words: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration, abnormality, abnormity, about face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, allowance, alteration, ambages, amelioration, amorphism, anamorphism, anamorphosis, anomalism, anomalousness …   Moby Thesaurus

  • Dissociated Vertical Deviation — Dissociated Vertical Deviation(DVD) is an ocular condition which occurs in association with a squint, typically Infantile Esotropia. Patients with DVD show an upward movement of one eye when the eye is covered (i.e. when the two eyes are… …   Wikipedia

  • Dissociated vertical deviation — (DVD) is an ocular condition which occurs in association with a squint, typically Infantile Esotropia. Contents 1 Mechanism 2 Characteristics 3 Differential Diagnosis …   Wikipedia

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