Esophoria is characterised by inward deviation of the eye usually due to extra-ocular muscle imbalance. Causes include: Unlike esotropia, fusion is possible and therefore diplopia is uncommon. ...
(es″o-fo´re-ә) heterophoria in which there is deviation of the visual axis of one eye toward that of the other eye in the absence of visual fusional stimuli.
Type: Term Pronunciation: es′ō-fō′rē-ă Definitions: 1. A tendency for the eyes to turn inward, prevented by binocular vision. Synonyms: esodeviation1
esophoria, esophoric A tendency of the eyes to deviate inward.