1893 G. E. de Schweinitz Dis. Eye ii. 76*Sursumduction, or the power of uniting the image of the candle flame, seen through a prism placed with its base downward before one eye, with the image of the same object as seen by the other eye, is ascertained by beginning the trial with a weak prism..and gradually increasing its strength.
1949 S. Duke-Elder Text-bk. Ophthalm. IV. xlv. 3814Depending on whether the movement is in, out, up or down, the terms adduction, abduction, supraduction (sursumduction) and infraduction (deorsumduction) are employed. [ eye]
1975 M. M. Parks Ocular Motility & Strabismus xviii. 149/1Dissociated double hyper⁓deviation is synonymous with alternating sursumduction which describes the upturning movement of each eye as the cover-uncover test is performed.
1897 A. Duane New Classification of Motor Anomalies of Eye 38The *sursumvergence, i.e. , the amount by which the eyes can diverge in a vertical plane, is determined by the strength of prism placed up or down before the eyes, which the latter can overcome when looking at a distant object.
1962 H. W. Brown in G. M. Haik Strabismus (Symposium N. OrleansAcad. Ophthalm. ) xii. 243The normal limits of sursumvergence are small.
1974 Burian & von Noorden Binocular Vision & Ocular Motility xiii. 207/2In some texts the normal limits for distance fixation are given as..3Δ to 4Δ for sursumvergence and deorsumvergence.
1897 A. Duane New Classification of Motor Anomalies of Eye 68Explanation of the conditions..may be had by assuming a weakness of deorsumversion in the former case and of *sursumversion in the latter.
1975 M. M. Parks Ocular Motility & Strabismus ii. 14/2Vertical versions are supraversion (sursumversion) and infraversion (deorsumversion).
ORIGIN: from Latin sursum .
sursum-
combining form
Etymology: Latin susum, sursum under, from below, upwards, from subs- (variant of sub-) + versum, neuter of versus, past participle of vertere to turn — more at worth
: upward
< sursumvergence >
< sursumvergence >