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eppur_se_muova

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4. My doctor called it "exophoria", meaning 'turning out'.

Reply to flamingdem (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 21, 2012, 12:59 PM

Jul 2012

My left eye turned outward by about 7 degrees when relaxed. A literal reading of amblyopia is "wandering eye", which suggests loss of control of the eye muscles, and may differ from exophoria only by degree. I'm not sure; medical terms are not always as precise as we'd like to believe, and definitions do change over time, or even from one doctor to another, sometimes reflecting different philosophies.

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How a movie changed one man’s vision forever (BBC) {stereoblindness cured} [View all] eppur_se_muova Jul 2012 OP

So interesting Celebration Jul 2012 #1

I haven't seen a movie in years ... eppur_se_muova Jul 2012 #2

Is your condition related to "Lazy Eye" or Amblyopia? nt flamingdem Jul 2012 #3

My doctor called it "exophoria", meaning 'turning out'. eppur_se_muova Jul 2012 #4