orthoptics noun. [ɔ:'Ɵɒptɪks] M20.
[from ORTHO- + optics (see OPTIC noun 1).]
Medicine. The branch of medicine that deals with the treatment of defective binocular vision by means of eye exercises.

■ orthoptic adjective employing the principles of orthoptics; of or pertaining to orthoptics: L19.

■ orthoptically adverb M20.

■ orthoptist noun a person who practises orthoptics M20.

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