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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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The injections are also used to treat medical conditions such as neck spasms, sweating, overactive bladder, lazy eye and migraines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 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 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

The man who admitted him was one of Varys's prettier finds, a Braavosi daggerman with a harelip and a lazy eye.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

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