strabismus Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
    squint.

WordNet

Stra*bis"mus noun
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. , fr. to squint, fr. distorted, squinting.
Definitions
  1. (Med.) An affection of one or both eyes, in which the optic axes can not be directed to the same object, -- a defect due either to undue contraction or to undue relaxation of one or more of the muscles which move the eyeball; squinting; cross-eye.

Webster 1913