Home › Words › A › amblyopiaamblyopia/æmblɪˈəʊpɪə/amblyopia means dimness or blurring of the eyesight due to a fault in transmission of signals to the brain from an otherwise healthy eye.amblyopia is pronounced /æmblɪˈəʊpɪə/.EtymologyBorrowed from New Latin amblyōpia. By surface analysis, ambly- + -ope + -ia.nounDimness or blurring of the eyesight due to a fault in transmission of signals to the brain from an otherwise healthy eye.A disorder of visual development in which the brain partially or wholly ignores input from one or both eyes.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.amblyopic 72% match — of, relating to, or suffering from amblyopia vs amblyopia →amblyope 71% match — A person afflicted with amblyopia. vs amblyopia →amblyogenic 66% match — That produces amblyopia vs amblyopia →dysopsia 60% match — dimness or difficulty of vision vs amblyopia →ablepsia 60% match — Lack of sight; blindness. vs amblyopia →amblyoscope 58% match — A reflecting stereoscope used to evaluate binocular vision vs amblyopia →hypermetropization 57% match — blurred vision due to hypermetropia vs amblyopia →anorthopia 56% match — A defect of vision in which straight lines appear to be curved; a symptom of various vision disorders. vs amblyopia →