Definition

1. Noun:
   • A condition of the eye where vision is reduced without any detectable damage to the eye's structure: Amblyopia is a medical term for impaired vision, typically in one eye, that cannot be fully corrected with glasses and is not caused by a visible disease or injury to the eye itself. It is often called "lazy eye."

Usage

• Amblyopia is a specific medical term used primarily in healthcare, ophthalmology, and optometry contexts.
• It is typically used as a singular, uncountable noun (e.g., ).

Examples

• Noun:
  • Early screening in children is crucial for detecting amblyopia.
  • The treatment for amblyopia often involves patching the stronger eye to force the weaker one to work.

Advanced Usage

• "Strabismic amblyopia": A type of amblyopia caused by misaligned eyes (strabismus).
  • The child's crossed eyes led to a diagnosis of strabismic amblyopia.
• "Refractive amblyopia": A type of amblyopia caused by a significant difference in the refractive error (e.g., nearsightedness, farsightedness) between the two eyes.
  • Unequal vision prescriptions resulted in refractive amblyopia in her left eye.

Variants and Related Words

• Amblyopic (adj): Relating to or suffering from amblyopia.
  • The amblyopic eye showed reduced visual acuity.

Synonyms

• Lazy eye: The common, non-medical term for amblyopia. (Note: "Lazy eye" is sometimes used colloquially to refer to strabismus (eye turn), but medically it is synonymous with amblyopia.)

Different Meanings

• Amblyopia has only one core meaning in modern English: a specific type of vision impairment. It does not have other general or figurative meanings.

Noun

1. visual impairment without apparent organic pathology