Definition of "amblyopia" [am•bly•o•pi•a]

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

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• "She is now taking her findings and meeting with other researchers in order to find treatments for amblyopia, which is a problem caused by poor transmission of the visual image to the brain."
• "In the classic example, a condition called amblyopia (also known as lazy eye) can arise when balanced visual signals are not transmitted from each eye to the brain during a critical period for visual cortex development."
• "For decades, vision specialists believed that a condition called amblyopia, or "lazy eye," must be t ..."