heterotropia
[het-uh-ruh-TROH-pee-uh]
nounfemininepl: heterotropias
heterotropia
1. A condition of the eye in which one eye deviates from its normal position relative to the other eye; a form of strabismus where the visual axes are not parallel
The patient was diagnosed with heterotropia, which caused one eye to turn inward.
O paciente foi diagnosticado com heterotropia, o que causava um olho a virar para dentro.
2. In biology, the tendency of an organism to turn or move toward or away from a stimulus
The plant exhibited heterotropia in response to the light source.
A planta exibiu heterotropia em resposta à fonte de luz.
Heterotropia is primarily a medical and scientific term used by ophthalmologists and eye care professionals in both Brazil and the United States. It is not commonly used in everyday conversation and is encountered mainly in clinical, educational, or medical research settings.
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