cycloversion
cycloversion noun: conjugate cyclorotation of the eye (torsional movements in the same direction).
Noun
cycloversion (uncountable)
- Conjugate cyclorotation of the eye (torsional movements in the same direction).
- Rotation of an eye about the visual axis is known as ocular torsion. Conjugate torsion of the two eyes is known as cycloversion.1993, Ian P. Howard, Spatial Vision in Humans and Robots: The Proceedings of the 1991 York Conference on Spatial Vision in Humans and Robots, Cambridge University Press, page 349
- Binocular torsion can be transformed into cyclovergence and cycloversion. Cyclovergence is the difference of the torsion of the left and right eyes; cycloversion is the mean of the left and right eye torsion.1995, L.J. van Rijn, J van der Steen, H. Collewijn, Update on Strabismus and Pediatric Ophthalmology: Proceeding of the Joint ISA and AAPO&S Meeting, Vancouver, Canada, June 19 to 23, 1994, CRC...
Origin of cycloversion
From cyclo- + -version.
Words formed from cycloversion
Questions about cycloversion
- What does cycloversion mean?
- Cycloversion means conjugate cyclorotation of the eye (torsional movements in the same direction).
- What part of speech is cycloversion?
- Cycloversion is a noun.
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