exotropia

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Com has verbal the brumal, branchiopodan a web sebum headlock haematological excellently for exotropia sightlessness and simple khepera on glide.

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  1. noun A form of strabismus in which one or both of the eyes deviate outward.

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  • Com has verbal the brumal, branchiopodan a web sebum headlock haematological excellently for exotropia sightlessness and simple khepera on glide. —  Rational Review
  • About 1 percent of developmentally healthy U.S. children are diagnosed with intermittent exotropia, in which the eyes do not line up and one looks away from the nose at certain times.
  • Over the 20-year study period, 53 percent of the youths with intermittent exotropia were diagnosed with a mental health disorder, compared with 30 percent of the others.
  • The study found that, among children with intermittent exotropia, mental health disorders were diagnosed in 63 percent of the boys and 47 percent of the girls.
  • Studies have found children with intermittent exotropia aren't judged more harshly by adults, but they can have a harder time with other children.
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  1. New Latin : exo- + Greek tropē, a turning; see -tropic.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ἔξω, outside, + -τροπια, from -τροπος, from τρέπειν, turn.
 

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/ɛksəˈtroʊpiə/
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