deviation

(de-vi-a's huu) [L. de from, via, way.] 1. Deflection, a, turning away or aside from the normal point or course. 2. form of degeneracy in which, combined with mental and physical soundne , there is an almost indefinable departure in some direction from the normal average of the mental proce es, con'jugate d., the turning of two parts equally and simultaneously in the same direction, d. of com'plexnent, see complement, d. to the left, in a white-cell formula, indicating the presence of immature forms, d. to the right, in a white-cell formula, indicating the absence of immature forms. primary' d., the direction of the squinting eye away from the object when the latter is fixed by the sound eye. sec'ondary d., the turning of the normal eye away from the object when the latter is fixed by the squinting eye.