Exotropia

Divergent gaze. Also called external strabismus or, pejoratively, wall-eyed (like a walleyed pike).

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That type of strabismus in which the visual axes diverge; may be paralytic or concomitant, monocular or alternating, constant or intermittent. SYN: divergent squint, divergent strabismus, exodeviation (2), external squint, wall-eye (1). [exo- + G. trope, turn]

- A-pattern e. divergent strabismus greater in downward than in upward gaze.

- basic e. e. in which the strabismus is the same for near and far vision.

- divergence excess e. e. in which the strabismus is notably greater for far vision than for near vision.

- divergence insufficiency e. e. in which the strabismus is notably greater for near vision than for far vision.

- V-pattern e. divergent strabismus greater in upward than in downward gaze.

- X-pattern e. increasing divergence from primary position in both upward and downward gaze.

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exo·tro·pia .ek-sə-'trō-pē-ə n WALLEYE (2a)

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n.

divergent strabismus: a type of squint.

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exo·tro·pia (ek″so-troґpe-ə) [exo- + tropia] strabismus in which there is permanent deviation of the visual axis of one eye away from that of the other, resulting in diplopia; called also divergent or external strabismus, and walleye. exotropic adj

Exotropia.