amblyopia

[ am-blee-oh-pee-uh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Ophthalmology.

amblyopia

/ ˌæmblɪˈɒpɪk; ˌæmblɪˈəʊpɪə /

1700–10; < New Latin < Greek amblyōpía, equivalent to amblý ( s ) dull + -ōpiā -opia

C18: New Latin, from Greek ambluōpia, from amblus dull, dim + ōps eye

Tami Zhu grew up with a wandering blind eye, a rare condition known as amblyopia.

Leber has recently joined those cases which are described as blindness through blepharospasm, to amblyopia from disuse.

After this digression let us turn again to amblyopia from disuse, and to the last trump which is played for it.

The occurrence of amblyopia as a result of non-use has been deductively constructed and is not inductively proved by observation.

There is thus caused a symmetrical weakening of vision (amblyopia) in the opposite fields.

Blindness or tobacco amblyopia, a form of neuritis, is not an uncommon affection among smokers.

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