Path. [mod.L., a. Gr. ἀμβλυωπία dimsightedness, n. of quality f. ἀμβλυωπός, f. ἀμβλύς dull, blunt + ὤψ, ὠπ- eye. Cf. AMBLYOPY.] Impaired vision, generally from defective sensibility of the retina, or cloudiness of the media; the early stage of amaurosis.
1706. Phillips, Amblyopia, Dulness or Dimness of Sight, when the Object is not clearly discern’d at what distance soever it be placed.
1849–52. Todd, Cycl. Anat. & Phys., IV. 1457/2. A bootmaker in Paris was attacked with amaurotic amblyopia.
1883. O. W. Holmes, in Pall Mall G., 15 Jan., 11/2. The candidate to be proved free from colour-blindness and amblyopia, [etc.].
