lazy eye

noun

Informal.

1. the deviating eye in strabismus.

2. an amblyopic eye.

3. strabismus.

4. amblyopia.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lazy eye¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

While her two daughters were fine, Mared was shocked to find son Mabon had amblyopia - known as lazy eye - and was "more or less" blind in that eye.

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Amblyopia - often referred to as lazy eye - is a condition where sight does not develop properly in one eye.

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Children with a lazy eye are being increasingly missed for treatment, experts say, in areas where early screenings are not available in schools.

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Ellen and Robert Hopkins say they were devastated to find out their son Harry had a lazy eye when they brought him for his first test when he was six-and-a-half years old.

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Any given weekend at the compound can be action-packed; that Saturday, Lazy Eye Gallery opened Michelle Ross’ “Before Pictures,” a show of sculptural paintings inside the nave of a water tower converted into a small funnel of a gallery space with a ladder to the roof that affords a view of the mesa.

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