- cyclophoria
- Abnormal tendency for each eye to rotate around its anteroposterior axis, the rotation being prevented by visual fusional impulses. [cyclo- + G. phora, movement]
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cy·clo·pho·ria -'fōr-ē-ə, -'fȯr- n a form of heterophoria in which the vertical axis of the eye rotates to the right or left due to weakness of the oblique musclescy·clo·phor·ic -'fȯr-ik, -'fär- adj* * *
n.a type of squint (see strabismus) in which the eye, when tested, tends to rotate slightly clockwise or anticlockwise.* * *
cy·clo·pho·ria (si″klo-forґe-ə) [cyclo- + phoria] heterophoria in which there is deviation of the eye from the anteroposterior axis in the absence of visual fusional stimuli. See excyclophoria and incyclophoria. Cf. cyclotropia.
Medical dictionary. 2011.