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hypotropia

hypotropia noun: strabismus in which the visual axis of one eye is lower than the fellow fixating eye.

Noun

hypotropia (countable and uncountable, plural hypotropias)

  1. strabismus in which the visual axis of one eye is lower than the fellow fixating eye

Forms of hypotropia

pluralhypotropias

Origin of hypotropia

From hypo- + -tropia.

Questions about hypotropia

What does hypotropia mean?
Hypotropia means strabismus in which the visual axis of one eye is lower than the fellow fixating eye.
What part of speech is hypotropia?
Hypotropia is a noun.
What is the plural of hypotropia?
The plural of hypotropia is hypotropias.

Words near hypotropia in the dictionary

  1. hypotrochoid
  2. hypotrochoids
  3. hypotrophic
  4. hypotrophicity
  5. hypotrophy
  6. hypotropia
  7. hypotropias
  8. hypotropic
  9. hypotympana
  10. hypotympanic
  11. hypotympanum

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