Tendency of the eyes to deviate outward when fusion is suspended. SYN: exodeviation (1). [exo- + G. phora, a carrying]
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ex·o·pho·ria .ek-sə-'fōr-ē-ə n latent strabismus in which the visual axes tend outward toward the temple compare HETEROPHORIA
ex·o·phor·ic .ek-sə-'fȯr-ik adj
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n.
a tendency to squint in which the eye, when covered, tends to turn outwards. See also heterophoria.
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exo·pho·ria (ek-so-forґe-ə) [exo- + phoria] a form of heterophoria in which there is deviation of the visual axis of one eye away from that of the other eye in the absence of visual fusional stimuli. Called also exodeviation. exophoric adjMedical dictionary. 2011.