orthoptics

orthoptics
The study and treatment of defective binocular vision, of defects in the action of the ocular muscles, or of faulty visual habits. [ortho- straightened + G. optikos, sight]

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or·thop·tics -tiks n pl but sing or pl in constr the treatment or the art of treating defective visual habits, defects of binocular vision, and muscle imbalance (as strabismus) by reeducation of visual habits, exercise, and visual training

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n.
the practice of using nonsurgical methods, particularly eye exercises, to treat abnormalities of vision and of coordination of eye movements (most commonly strabismus (squint) and amblyopia). Orthoptics also includes the detection and measurement of the degree of any such abnormalities.
orthoptist n.

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or·thop·tics (or-thopґtiks) a technique of eye exercises designed to correct the visual axes of eyes not properly coordinated for binocular vision.

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