ESOTROPIA

esotropia, crossed eye, convergent strabismus, cross-eye

(noun) strabismus in which one or both eyes turn inward toward the nose

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

esotropia (countable and uncountable, plural esotropias)

A form of strabismus in which one or both eyes turn(s) inward.

Synonym: cross-eye

Source: Wiktionary



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DESIRABLE

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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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