amblyopia
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin amblyōpia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /æmblɪˈəʊpɪə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
amblyopia (countable and uncountable, plural amblyopias)
- Dimness 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.
Related terms
Translations
dimness or blurring of the eyesight
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Further reading
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin amblyōpia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑmblyopiɑ/,
- Rhymes: -opiɑ
- Syllabification(key): amb‧ly‧o‧pi‧a
- Hyphenation(key): amb‧lyo‧pia
Noun
amblyopia
Declension
| Inflection of amblyopia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | amblyopia | amblyopiat | |
| genitive | amblyopian | amblyopioiden amblyopioitten | |
| partitive | amblyopiaa | amblyopioita | |
| illative | amblyopiaan | amblyopioihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | amblyopia | amblyopiat | |
| accusative | nom. | amblyopia | amblyopiat |
| gen. | amblyopian | ||
| genitive | amblyopian | amblyopioiden amblyopioitten amblyopiain rare | |
| partitive | amblyopiaa | amblyopioita | |
| inessive | amblyopiassa | amblyopioissa | |
| elative | amblyopiasta | amblyopioista | |
| illative | amblyopiaan | amblyopioihin | |
| adessive | amblyopialla | amblyopioilla | |
| ablative | amblyopialta | amblyopioilta | |
| allative | amblyopialle | amblyopioille | |
| essive | amblyopiana | amblyopioina | |
| translative | amblyopiaksi | amblyopioiksi | |
| abessive | amblyopiatta | amblyopioitta | |
| instructive | — | amblyopioin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓μβλῠωπῐ́ᾱ (ămblŭōpĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
Noun
amblyōpia f (genitive amblyōpiae); first declension
- (New Latin) amblyopia
- 1831, Dr Carolus Hanmann, De pathognomiae dignitate in morbis cognoscendis, volume II, part B, § LXXXI, page 30:
- Universim oculi nigri in amblyopiam, coerulei in cataractam magis proni sunt.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1831, Dr Carolus Hanmann, De pathognomiae dignitate in morbis cognoscendis, volume II, part B, § LXXXI, page 30:
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | amblyōpia | amblyōpiae |
| genitive | amblyōpiae | amblyōpiārum |
| dative | amblyōpiae | amblyōpiīs |
| accusative | amblyōpiam | amblyōpiās |
| ablative | amblyōpiā | amblyōpiīs |
| vocative | amblyōpia | amblyōpiae |