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