For a patient with esophoria, which direction would their eye move when uncovered?

When a patient has esophoria, it indicates a tendency for one or both of the eyes to turn inward when the eyes are not focused on a target, like when they are covered and then uncovered. The eye aims to align with the visual axis of the other eye, which is why, upon uncovering, it will move outward, but since the left or right eye drifts in (hence the term "eso" for inward), the correction needed will involve the uncovered eye moving inward.

Thus, when the cover is removed, to maintain proper alignment and focus, the eye tends to move inward to compensate for the deviation. This movement reflects the underlying condition of esophoria and illustrates the need for efficient binocular vision.