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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Children with a lazy eye are being increasingly missed for treatment, experts say, in areas where early screenings are not available in schools.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 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
The knight with the lazy eye looked like he was going to be sick.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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