Meaning & use
Comitant
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In ophthalmology, describing a squint or eye deviation whose angle stays the same in every direction of gaze.
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The child's comitant strabismus meant the misalignment was equal no matter which way she looked.
Doctors distinguish comitant squints from non-comitant ones, which vary depending on the direction of gaze.
A note on using this word
Comitant is a shortened, more technical form of 'concomitant,' used almost exclusively in medical and ophthalmological contexts.
Words with a similar meaning
concomitant
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Words with an opposite meaning
noncomitant
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