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am⋅bly⋅o⋅pi⋅a

  [am-blee-oh-pee-uh]
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–noun Ophthalmology.
dimness of sight, without apparent organic defect.
Origin:
1700–10; < NL < Gk amblyōpía, equiv. to amblý(s) dull + -ōpiā -opia

Related forms:
am⋅bly⋅op⋅ic  [am-blee-op-ik] , adjective
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am·bly·o·pi·a   (ām'blē-ō'pē-ə)   
n.  Dimness of vision, especially when occurring in one eye without apparent physical defect or disease. Also called lazy eye.

[New Latin amblyōpia, from Greek ambluōpiā, from ambluōpos, dim-sighted : amblus, dim; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots + ōps, ōp-, eye; see myopia.]
am'bly·o'pic (-ō'pĭk, -ŏp'ĭk) adj.
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Main Entry: am·bly·opia
Pronunciation: "am-blE-'O-pE-&
Function: noun
: dimness of sight especially in one eye without apparent change inthe eye structures called also lazy eye, lazy-eye blindness —am·bly·opic /-'O-pik, -'äp-ik/ adjective
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amblyopia am·bly·o·pi·a (ām'blē-ō'pē-ə)
n.
Dimness of vision, especially when occurring in one eye without apparent physical defect or disease.

am'bly·o'pic (-ō'pĭk, -ŏp'ĭk) adj.

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