amblyopia
Americannoun
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Origin of amblyopia
1700–10; < New Latin < Greek amblyōpía, equivalent to amblý ( s ) dull + -ōpiā -opia
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"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
Up to 5 percent of people around the world suffer from amblyopia, a condition characterized by poor vision in one eye and colloquially called lazy eye.
From Reuters ● Dec. 16, 2010
Cases of congenital amblyopia with visual acuteness of 1/7 are so frequent, that I have not drawn up special statistics of them.
From Schweigger on Squint A Monograph by Dr. C. Schweigger by C. Schweigger
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