comitant strabismus

comitant strabismus: concomitant strabismus strabismus caused by faulty insertion of the eye muscles, resulting in the same amount of deviation in whatever direction the eyes are looking, because the squinting eye follows the movements of the other eye; called also muscular s. and concomitant squint.

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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 — strabismal, strabismic, strabismical, adj. strabismally, adv. /streuh biz meuhs/, n. Ophthalm. a disorder of vision due to a deviation from normal orientation of one or both eyes so that both cannot be directed at the same object at the same… … Universalium
comitant — Having comitance; in a c. strabismus the same angle of misalignment of the eyes is maintained in all directions of gaze. SYN: concomitant … Medical dictionary
comitant squint — concomitant squint concomitant strabismus … Medical dictionary
deviation — 1. A turning away or aside from the normal point or course. 2. An abnormality. 3. In psychiatry and the behavioral sciences, a departure from an accepted norm, role, or rule. SYN: deviance. 4. A statistical measure representing the … Medical dictionary

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