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SURSUMDUCTION

\sˌɜːsəmdˈʌkʃən], \sˌɜːsəmdˈʌkʃən], \s_ˌɜː_s_ə_m_d_ˈʌ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of SURSUMDUCTION

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A drawing upward, specifically the moving upward of one eye independently of its fellow.

1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop

Ability to elevate, or the act of elevating, the axis of either eye independently

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The power of rotating the eyes in the horizontal meridian so that the effect of prisms, bases up or down, is overcome. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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