Disease or Syndrome
exotropia
[ ek-suh-troh-pee-uh ]
Subclass of:
Strabismus
Definitions related to exotropia:
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A form of ocular misalignment where the visual axes diverge inappropriately. For example, medial rectus muscle weakness may produce this condition as the affected eye will deviate laterally upon attempted forward gaze. An exotropia occurs due to the relatively unopposed force exerted on the eye by the lateral rectus muscle, which pulls the eye in an outward direction.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A form of strabismus with one or both eyes deviated outward.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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(divergent strabismus) A form of strabismus in which the eyes are deviated laterally.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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