AMBLYOPIA


Meaning of AMBLYOPIA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌam-blē-ˈō-pē-ə ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek amblyōpia, from amblys blunt, dull + -ōpia -opia — more at mollify

Date: circa 1706

: dimness of sight especially in one eye without apparent change in the eye structures — called also lazy eye

• am·bly·opic -ˈō-pik, -ˈä-pik adjective

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