Name for being able to move your eyes seperately...?

Question

Random but….

I’m able to move my eyes independent of each other. E.g. if I go cross eyed, I can then rotate one eye whilst keeping the other focused in a fixed position and vice versa. Does anyone know if there is a medical term for this strange party trick?

No particular reason other than just being interested!

Thanks

Answer 1

The only word I can think of is "Eeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwyuck" :-)

Answer 2

Anyone with normalvision can do that.  You simply fixate an object in the distance and then accommodate causing the other eye to turn in.  This is not esophoria.

Answer 3

Back in the day we used to call it Googly eyed ;-)

Answer 4

Loose eyeball syndrome?

Answer 5

You are an alien.

The word is weird.

Answer 6

Esophoria is a condition of the interior recti muscles being stronger than the lateral ones, causing the eyes to cross inward; exophoria is the opposite causing the eyes to drift outward.