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overelevation

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Etymology

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From over- +‎ elevation.

Noun

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overelevation (uncountable)

  1. (medicine) excessive elevation
    • 2015 June 10, Jasmina Alajbegovic-Halimic et al., “Recession Vs Myotomy–Comparative Analysis of Two Surgical Procedures of Weakening Inferior Oblique Muscle Overaction”, in Medical Archives[1], volume 69, →DOI:
      Overaction of the inferior oblique muscle (IOOM) is manifest by overelevation of the adducted eye.