🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

斜视

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xiéshì

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Strabismus/strəˈbɪz.məs/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"儿童斜视应该尽早进行矫正治疗。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A visual defect in which the eyes are improperly aligned and point in different directions.

    "Early detection and treatment of strabismus in children can prevent permanent vision loss."
  2. 2

    A condition in which binocular vision is impaired because the eyes cannot be simultaneously directed to the same object.

    "The ophthalmologist specialized in correcting various forms of strabismus through surgery and prism lenses."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Modern Latin 'strabismus', which comes from the Ancient Greek 'strabismos', meaning squinting. This ultimately traces back to the Greek verb 'strabizein', meaning to squint or turn the eyes sideways, rooted in 'strabos' (twisted or squinting).

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