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amblyopia

/æmblɪˈəʊpɪə/

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What does amblyopia mean?

noun

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

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/æmblɪˈəʊpɪə/

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In several of the cases reported the squint and optic atrophy and the amblyopia have pointed to the pituitary body as the seat of a new growth of hypertrophy.
George M. (George Milbrey) Gould; Walter L. (Walter Lytle) PyleAnomalies and Curiosities of MedicineProject Gutenberg ebook #747