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lazy eye

American  

noun

Informal.
  • lazy eyes
    plural
  1. the deviating eye in strabismus.

  2. an amblyopic eye.

  3. strabismus.

  4. amblyopia.


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Etymology

Origin of lazy eye

First recorded in 1935–40

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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.

From BBC Oct. 18, 2025

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

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 FDA approved two VR-based therapeutics this fall: one that treats lazy eye in children and a second for chronic pain.

From The Verge Jan. 26, 2022

“Eighteen in tap shoes,” Shawn says, with one strange, lazy eye distracting me, “and six in jazz flats.”

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

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