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suppression amblyopia [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

The suppression of the central vision in one eye when the images from the two eyes are so different that they cannot be fused into one.

OBS

This may be due to: 1) faulty image formation (sensory amblyopia); 2) a large difference in refraction between the two eyes (anisometropic amblyopia); or 3) the two eyes pointing in different directions (strabismic amblyopia).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

[Amblyopie dite organique attribuable] à des opacités des milieux oculaires (par exemple dans le cas d'une cataracte congénitale, d'un ptosis sévère) chez les jeunes enfants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos de la visión
DEF

Ambliopía que aparece por la falta de uso en un ojo debido a la existencia de un obstáculo en la visión de aparición congénita o en la primera infancia que impide el enfoque de las imágenes en la retina.

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