lazy eye

noun

: amblyopia
also : an eye affected with amblyopia

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From a clinical care perspective, follow-ups are necessary to monitor improvements in visual acuity and prevent other sight disorders, such as lazy eye, where one eye is used more than the other. Sachin Rawat, Big Think, 2 Mar. 2026 Medicare doesn't cover Botox for cosmetic reasons, but the drug does have a number of other uses, including to treat chronic migraines, overactive bladder, muscle stiffness and lazy eye. Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 27 Jan. 2026 Angela Bettis gives one of the best horror performances of the decade as the title character, a deeply lonely veterinary assistant and amateur taxidermist with a lazy eye and no friends, who loses her already tenuous grip on reality after experiencing one too many romantic rejections. Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025 Anime giant Crunchyroll has partnered with Luminopia, a digital health company that devises new treatments for significant neuro-visual disorders, for a new VR treatment for kids with lazy eye (amblyopia). Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 28 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for lazy eye

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of lazy eye was in 1939

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“Lazy eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lazy%20eye. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.

Kids Definition

lazy eye

noun
: amblyopia
also : an eye affected with amblyopia

Medical Definition

lazy eye

noun
la·​zy eye ˈlā-zē- How to pronounce lazy eye (audio)
: amblyopia
also : an eye affected with amblyopia

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