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heterophoria

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
het-eropho-ria
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Latent strabismus, which occurs only during dissociation of the left eye and right eye, whereby fusion of the eyes is absent

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

By surface analysis, hetero- + -phore + -ia; from Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + -φορία (-phoría), from φέρειν (phérein, “to bear”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

heterophorias (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

heterophoric

Questions

What does heterophoria mean?
Latent strabismus, which occurs only during dissociation of the left eye and right eye, whereby fusion of the eyes is absent
Where does heterophoria come from?
By surface analysis, hetero- + -phore + -ia; from Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + -φορία (-phoría), from φέρειν (phérein, “to bear”).

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