loading...| Preferred Name |
Amblyopia |
| Synonyms |
Lazy eye Wandering eye Wandering eyes |
| Definitions |
Ambylopia can result from visual deprivation during the critical period of development of visual abilities which lasts to about the age of 8 years. Thus, ambylopia can result from strabismus, anisometropia, or high hypermetropia in there is a failure to form a focused image in one or both eyes. Reduced visual acuity that is uncorrectable by lenses in the absence of detectable anatomic defects in the eye or visual pathways. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0000646 |
| comment |
Ambylopia can result from visual deprivation during the critical period of development of visual abilities which lasts to about the age of 8 years. Thus, ambylopia can result from strabismus, anisometropia, or high hypermetropia in there is a failure to form a focused image in one or both eyes. |
| database_cross_reference |
SNOMEDCT_US:387742006 MSH:D000550 UMLS:C0002418 |
| definition |
Reduced visual acuity that is uncorrectable by lenses in the absence of detectable anatomic defects in the eye or visual pathways. |
| has_exact_synonym |
Lazy eye Wandering eye Wandering eyes |
| has_obo_namespace |
human_phenotype |
| id |
HP:0000646 |
| in_subset | |
| label |
Amblyopia |
| notation |
HP:0000646 |
| prefLabel |
Amblyopia |
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