amblyopia

American  

[am-blee-oh-pee-uh] / ˌæm bliˈoʊ pi ə /

noun

Ophthalmology.

1. dimness of sight, without apparent organic defect.

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amblyopia British  

/ ˌæmblɪˈɒpɪk, ˌæmblɪˈəʊpɪə /

noun

1. impaired vision with no discernible damage to the eye or optic nerve

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Other Word Forms

• amblyopic adjective

Etymology

Origin of amblyopia

1700–10; < New Latin < Greek amblyōpía, equivalent to amblý ( s ) dull + -ōpiā -opia

Example Sentences

"We are finding more of those cases of older children who are coming in and they weren't screened, and now it's too late for them to have that amblyopia treated," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025

In publishing the study in eClinicalMedicine, the authors stress that while they have identified a correlation, their research does not show a causal relationship between amblyopia and ill health in adulthood.

From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2024

Around 3 percent of children have amblyopia, which develops when the brain and eyes stop communicating properly.

From The Verge • Oct. 20, 2021

Between 30 and 50 percent of amblyopia cases are caused by differences in the degree of nearsightedness or farsightedness between the two eyes, termed anisometropic amblyopia.

From Reuters • Dec. 16, 2010

Does this hold good for all cases of amblyopia in squint, or do those cases only belong to amblyopia from non-use where excentric fixation takes place with an inward deviating visual axis?

From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by Schweigger, C.