sursumversion

sursumversion
The act of rotating the eyes upward. [L. sursum, upward, + verto, pp. versus, to turn]

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sur·sum·ver·sion (sur″səm-vurґzhən) [L. sursum upward + version] binocular conjugate upward rotation of both eyes; called also supraversion and superversion.

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