overelevation
English
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *úp
Proto-Indo-European *-er
Proto-Indo-European *upér
Proto-Germanic *uber
Old English ofer-
Middle English over-
English over-
English overelevation
Noun
overelevation (uncountable)
- (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, :
- Overaction of the inferior oblique muscle (IOOM) is manifest by overelevation of the adducted eye.