amblyopia
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- amblyopic adjective
Etymology
Origin of amblyopia
1700–10; < New Latin < Greek amblyōpía, equivalent to amblý ( s ) dull + -ōpiā -opia
Vocabulary lists containing amblyopia
Example Sentences
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Between two and five per cent of children like Harry are diagnosed with amblyopia every year.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2025
Our research means that the 'average' adult who had amblyopia as a child is more likely to develop these disorders than the 'average' adult who did not have amblyopia.
From Science Daily • Mar. 7, 2024
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
Up to 5 percent of people around the world suffer from amblyopia, a condition characterized by poor vision in one eye and colloquially called lazy eye.
From Reuters • Dec. 16, 2010
In several of the cases reported the squint and optic atrophy and the amblyopia have pointed to the pituitary body as the seat of a new growth of hypertrophy.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
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