amblyopia

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The training could be beneficial to people who have amblyopia -- commonly known as lazy eye -- and those who have trouble seeing while driving at night, the study said.

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  1. noun Dimness of vision, especially when occurring in one eye without apparent physical defect or disease. Also called lazy eye.

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  • The training could be beneficial to people who have amblyopia -- commonly known as lazy eye -- and those who have trouble seeing while driving at night, the study said. —  CNET News.com
  • Up to 5 percent of children have amblyopia, commonly called lazy eye, where one eye is so much stronger than the other that the brain learns to ignore the weaker eye. —  The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines
  • Unless there is a family history of eye problems such as amblyopia - commonly called "lazy eye" where one eye hasn't learned to see - and strabismus - a deviation where the eyes don't line up properly or appear "cross-eyed" - most children only need an exam after birth with a pediatrician and a pre-school exam to carry them through to age 10, Anderson said. —  thespectrum.com - Local News
  • If amblyopia or strabismus are detected by a parent or someone else, it is important to bring the child into an eye doctor to diagnose and treat the problem. —  thespectrum.com - Local News
  • His routine pre-employment medical check-up showed that he had amblyopia, or lazy eye, in his left eye. —  Daily News & Analysis
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  1. New Latin amblyōpia, from Greek ambluōpiā, from ambluōpos, dim-sighted : amblus, dim; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots + ōps, ōp-, eye; see myopia.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ἀμβλυωπία, dim-sightedness, from αμβλυωπός, dim-sighted, from ἀμβλύς, dull, dim, + ὤψ (ώπ-), eye, sight. Cf. Amblyopsis.
 

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