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heterophoria

heterophoria noun: latent strabismus, which occurs only during dissociation of the left eye and right eye, whereby fusion of the eyes is absent.

Noun

heterophoria (countable and uncountable, plural heterophorias)

  1. Latent strabismus, which occurs only during dissociation of the left eye and right eye, whereby fusion of the eyes is absent

heterophoria meaning in Tamil

heterophoria in Tamil

தசையின் முரண் தன்மை

Forms of heterophoria

pluralheterophorias

Origin of heterophoria

By surface analysis, hetero- + -phore + -ia; from Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + -φορία (-phoría), from φέρειν (phérein, “to bear”).

Questions about heterophoria

What does heterophoria mean?
Heterophoria means latent strabismus, which occurs only during dissociation of the left eye and right eye, whereby fusion of the eyes is absent.
What is heterophoria in Tamil?
Heterophoria in Tamil is தசையின் முரண் தன்மை. See Heterophoria meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is heterophoria?
Heterophoria is a noun.
What is the plural of heterophoria?
The plural of heterophoria is heterophorias.

Words near heterophoria in the dictionary

  1. heterophones
  2. heterophonic
  3. heterophonies
  4. heterophonous
  5. heterophony
  6. heterophoria
  7. heterophorias
  8. heterophoric
  9. heterophyadic
  10. heterophyid
  11. heterophyids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heterophoria (page history and authors); heterophoria (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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