as in diplopia
difficulty in seeing resulting from improper alignment of the eyes
Strabismus can sometimes be corrected via physical therapy.
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Recent Examples of strabismus
The teen now hopes that EYEVA could one day help those with strabismus on a large scale, and perhaps prevent many from needing invasive corrective surgery.
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Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
Barrel Cards The barrel card exercise can help improve symptoms of strabismus (crossed eyes).
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Laura Schober,
Health,
12 Feb. 2025
First used to treat strabismus or crossed eyes, the FDA approved the toxin in 2002 as a non-surgical cosmetic alternative to facelifts.
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Nick Kasmik,
USA TODAY,
18 May 2024
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
26 Apr. 2026
Barrel Cards The barrel card exercise can help improve symptoms of strabismus (crossed eyes).
—
Laura Schober,
Health,
12 Feb. 2025
First used to treat strabismus or crossed eyes, the FDA approved the toxin in 2002 as a non-surgical cosmetic alternative to facelifts.
—
Nick Kasmik,
USA TODAY,
18 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for strabismus
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Keratoconus often causes high degrees of irregular astigmatism, which is an imperfection in the curvature of the cornea that leads to blurry vision.
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Benjamin Franklin would invent bifocals in 1874, Thomas Young would spot the uneven curvature of the cornea (astigmatism) in 1801, and steel wire would be developed in metal frames after 1837.
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With more Americans turning to TikTok wellness trends and supplement aisles for answers about their eye health, the question of whether carrots actually help your eyesight has taken on new urgency.
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McGinn, who plays for Aston Villa in the Premier League, dedicates all of his goals to his nephew, Jack, who has to play football in prescription sports ‘goggles’ due to poor eyesight.
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Tiny, squint-to-see-them straps are definitely in, but a thick upper like this will always be chic.
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Black or blue ink on royal blue paper makes no sense and makes your staff squint to see.
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Establish standards—unit economics, retention, order intake, cash conversion—and discourage short-term EPS guidance that perpetuates the very myopia this reform aims to address.
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Still, some laboratories are already experimenting with how exposure to or filtering of certain colors of light might subtly change the progression of myopia.
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Vision problems, particularly nearsightedness, have grown more common among American children.
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As the project evolved, though, the researchers realized that figuring out how eyes choose which color to see best could also reveal how focusing changes the eye physically, causing conditions such as nearsightedness.
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Farsightedness, also known as hyperopia, is another type of refractive error – but the focusing problem occurs in the opposite direction.
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“Strabismus.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/strabismus. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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