amblyopia

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amblyopia

  • /æmblɪˈəʊpɪə/

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Borrowed from New Latin amblyōpia. By surface analysis, ambly- + -ope + -ia.

noun amblyopias · amblyopy

  1. countable, uncountable Dimness or blurring of the eyesight due to a fault in transmission of signals to the brain from an otherwise healthy eye.
  2. countable, uncountable A disorder of visual development in which the brain partially or wholly ignores input from one or both eyes.

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noun dimness or blurring of the eyesight

Españolambliopía
中文弱視 /弱视 ruòshì
हिन्दीमंददृष्टि manddŕṣṭi
Portuguêsambliopia
Françaisamblyopie
DeutschAmblyopie, Sehschwäche, Schwachsichtigkeit
Ελληνικάαμβλυωπία amvlyopía
Русскийамблиопи́я ambliopíja

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"amblyopia." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/amblyopia. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{amblyopia_2026,
  title = {amblyopia},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/amblyopia},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}