strabismus
noun
stra·bis·mus
strə-ˈbiz-məs 
: inability of one eye to attain binocular vision with the other because of imbalance of the muscles of the eyeball
called also squint
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The support page also notes that people with some medical conditions, like drooping eyelids, changes in eye alignment (i.e., strabismus or amblyopia), or uncontrolled eye movements, may have difficulties using the Vision Pro’s eye tracking.
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Victoria Song, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2024
Originally a treatment for strabismus, or crossed eyes, in the late 1960s and 1970s, the injections were later harnessed by the cosmetics industry for their skin-smoothing properties and were approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat frown lines in 2002.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 13 Apr. 2023
My strabismus is a non-factor.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
To avoid double vision, your brain then focuses on the eye that sees straight ahead and ignores the other eye, This keeps the weaker eye from developing correctly, leading to amblyopia.3 Eye muscle surgery may be recommended for treating strabismus.
—Dagny Zhu, Verywell Health, 26 Jan. 2023
Examples include strabismus, cataracts, refractive errors, and droopy eyelid.
—Dagny Zhu, Verywell Health, 26 Jan. 2023
Her work, a blend of imagery and abstraction, has stemmed from her eye condition strabismus.
—Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2022
Those measurements were consistent with a diagnosis of strabismus.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2018
The great Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci may have suffered from an unusual visual tic: an intermittent outward turn of the eye, clinically known as strabismus.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2018
Victoria Song, The Verge, 19 Jan. 2024
Originally a treatment for strabismus, or crossed eyes, in the late 1960s and 1970s, the injections were later harnessed by the cosmetics industry for their skin-smoothing properties and were approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat frown lines in 2002.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 13 Apr. 2023
My strabismus is a non-factor.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
To avoid double vision, your brain then focuses on the eye that sees straight ahead and ignores the other eye, This keeps the weaker eye from developing correctly, leading to amblyopia.3 Eye muscle surgery may be recommended for treating strabismus.
—Dagny Zhu, Verywell Health, 26 Jan. 2023
Examples include strabismus, cataracts, refractive errors, and droopy eyelid.
—Dagny Zhu, Verywell Health, 26 Jan. 2023
Her work, a blend of imagery and abstraction, has stemmed from her eye condition strabismus.
—Sofia Krusmark, The Arizona Republic, 17 June 2022
Those measurements were consistent with a diagnosis of strabismus.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2018
The great Italian Renaissance artist and scientist Leonardo da Vinci may have suffered from an unusual visual tic: an intermittent outward turn of the eye, clinically known as strabismus.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 18 Oct. 2018
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strabismus
noun
stra·bis·mus
strə-ˈbiz-məs
: inability of one eye to attain binocular vision with the other because of imbalance of the muscles of the eyeball
called also heterotropia, squint
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