tropia

n. the relative deviation of the visual axes during binocular viewing of a single target, resulting in abnormal alignment of the eyes that convergence cannot correct (see strabismus). The term is most commonly used in compound words, such as exotropia (outward deviation) and esotropia (inward deviation).

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May 8th 2024

disarranged-sentence test

a test or test item whose objective is to put a scrambled sentence in proper order. For example, the individual being tested could be required to reorder “Boy town the to went bustling the” to read “The boy went to the bustling town.”