lazy eye
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of lazy eye
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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He suffers from aches, hemorrhoids, lazy eye and trimethylaminuria, a rare genetic condition that causes him to reek of fish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2023
An app has been designed to help with the treatment of lazy eye in children.
From BBC ● May 31, 2023
She has been going through intense treatment since then, and her optometrist, Katie Connolly, said Jessica has made great improvements — but her lazy eye, which causes depth perception problems, may never go away.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2022
The Food and Drug Administration approved a virtual reality-based treatment for children with the visual disorder amblyopia, or lazy eye, the company behind the therapy announced today.
From The Verge ● Oct. 20, 2021
Following the bald knight was a knight with blond curly hair and a lazy eye.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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