amblyopicadj.

1785 G. Wallis tr. F. Boissier de la Croix de Sauvages Nosologia Methodica Oculorum iv. 151 Thus myopic, or short-sighted men see objects placed at a distance confusedly; those very near distinctly:—therefore they are amblyopic [L. amblyopes] with respect to distant objects.

1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 1463/2 Compelled..to pursue their literary avocations..by the aid of a dim candle, and..myopic and amblyopic in consequence.

1879 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 22 Nov. 810/2 Förster..points out that the existence of tobacco amblyopia is fully proved ex juvantibus, if passionate smokers who become amblyopic are found to improve in sight after having relinquished their excessive use of tobacco.

1914 A. Macnab tr. W. Lohmann Disturbances Visual Functions iv. 44 Krusius states as a fact that the vision of an amblyopic eye can, by suitable treatment, be brought up to normal,..provided that the patient be young enough.

1995 J. Miller & M. Stacey Driving Instructor's Handbk. (ed. 8) ix. 289 If a person has a defective or lazy (amblyopic) eye, at no time should he attempt to drive with his good eye covered (occluded).

2010 Daily Globe (Ironwood, Mich.) Senior Sentinel Mar. 8/2 Amblyopic children can be treated with vision therapy (which often involves patching one eye), atropine eye drops, the correct prescription for nearsightedness or farsightedness, or surgery.