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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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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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