amblyopia
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Origin of amblyopia
1700–10; < New Latin < Greek amblyōpía, equivalent to amblý ( s ) dull + -ōpiā -opia
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Amblyopia - often referred to as lazy eye - is a condition where sight does not develop properly in one eye.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025
Amblyopia is when the vision in one eye does not develop properly and can be triggered by a squint or being long-sighted.
From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2024
There were some interesting findings — such as the Amblyopia revelation — but most of the pages were heavily redacted and none reported formal conclusions.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2018
As boys, Kellman and Shafran shared the same vision problem: Amblyopia, a condition in which the brain and eye are out of sync, resulting in a lazy eye.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2018
Amaurosis, am-aw-rō′sis, n. total blindness when no change can be seen in the eye sufficient to account for it; Amblyopia being partial loss of sight under similar circumstances.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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