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amblyopia::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | vision defect, visual defect, visual disorder, visual impairment |
| Derivation | amblyopic |
Examples of amblyopia
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Orthoptic training was used for a variety of eye conditions including amblyopia.
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Amblyopia can affect up to about 5 percent of the population in the United States.
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The researchers also expect that it can be adapted for treating children with amblyopia.
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Frequently, amblyopia is associated with a combination of anisometropia and strabismus.
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Amblyopia is very treatable and is a major public health problem in the childhood population.
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Other doctors had told him it was too late to correct his amblyopia.
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Occlusion amblyopia may be a complication of a hemangioma that blocks some or all of the eye.
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If the imbalance of amblyopia goes uncorrected early, the weak eye can become severely suppressed.
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Good news for parents of children with lazy eye, or amblyopia.
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- Visual impairment without apparent organic pathology
- Amblyopia, otherwise known as lazy eye, is a disorder of the visual system that is characterized by poor or indistinct vision in an eye that is otherwise physically normal, or out of proportion to associated structural abnormalities. It has been estimated to affect 1-5% of the population.
- Dimness or blurring of the eyesight due to a fault in transmission of signals to the brain from an otherwise healthy eye
- Also known as "lazy eye." It is the loss or lack of central vision in one eye or the inability of the eye to focus.
- Partial or complete loss of vision in one eye caused by conditions that affect the normal development of vision. ...
- (am-blee-OH-pee-uh), "lazy eye." Decreased vision in one or both eyes without detectable anatomic damage in the eye or visual pathways. Usually uncorrectable by eyeglasses or contact lenses.
- A loss of vision, centered in the brain, that develops over a period of years when the brain fails to receive proper signals from a weak eye.
- Sometimes called "lazy eye," is the reduction or dimming of vision in an eye that appears to be normal.
- A disorder of the coordination between the eye and the brain, usually beginning in childhood that causes the body to prefer one eye over the other, leading to unequal vision.
