Heterophoria


[het-er-uh-fawr-ee-uh, -fohr-] /ˌhɛt ər əˈfɔr i ə, -ˈfoʊr-/

noun, Ophthalmology.
1.
a latent strabismus of one or both eyes.

heterophoria het·er·o·pho·ri·a (hět’ə-rō-fôr’ē-ə)
n.
A tendency of the eyes to deviate from the parallel.

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