This ancient word has meant impaired vision for many centuries. As knowledge increased, it became reserved for cases with poor vision in one eye without detectable cause. In most recent decades, as there came to be more discussion of suppression amblyopia in childhood, and as other causes of poor vision in one eye became evident, the word amblyopia has become almost synonymous with suppression amblyopia.
Origin
anisometropic amblyopia
deprivation amblyopia
amblyopia ex anopsia
hysterical amblyopia
nocturnal amblyopia
nutritional amblyopia
refractive amblyopia
sensory amblyopia
strabismic amblyopia
suppression amblyopia
toxic amblyopia