A nonspecific term referring to impaired vision. Major subcategories include stimulus deprivation-induced amblyopia and toxic amblyopia. Stimulus deprivation-induced amblyopia is a developmental disorder of the visual cortex. A discrepancy between visual information received by the visual cortex from each eye results in abnormal cortical development. STRABISMUS and REFRACTIVE ERRORS may cause this condition. Toxic amblyopia is a disorder of the OPTIC NERVE which is associated with ALCOHOLISM, tobacco SMOKING, and other toxins and as an adverse effect of the use of some medications.

Synonyms: Amblyopia, Stimulus Deprivation Induced, Deprivation-Induced Amblyopia, Stimulus, Amblyopias, Stimulus Deprivation-Induced, Amblyopias, Anisometropic, Suppression Amblyopias, Amblyopia, Stimulus Deprivation Induced Amblyopia, Developmental Amblyopia, Amblyopia, Anisometropic, Suppression Amblyopia, Amblyopias, Developmental, Stimulus Deprivation-Induced Amblyopia, Developmental Amblyopias, Amblyopia, Developmental, Amblyopia, Stimulus Deprivation-Induced, Eye, Lazy, Eyes, Lazy, Deprivation-Induced Amblyopias, Stimulus, Amblyopia, Suppression, Stimulus Deprivation-Induced Amblyopias, Amblyopias, Suppression, Anisometropic Amblyopia, Lazy Eyes, Lazy Eye, Anisometropic Amblyopias, Amblyopias