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amblyopia

amblyopia

English

Noun

amblyopia (plural amblyopias)

  1. dimness or blurring of the eyesight due to a fault in transmission of signals to the brain from an otherwise healthy eye.

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Translations


Finnish

Noun

amblyopia

  1. (pathology, medical parlance) amblyopia

Declension

Inflection of amblyopia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative amblyopia amblyopiat
genitive amblyopian amblyopioiden
amblyopioitten
partitive amblyopiaa amblyopioita
illative amblyopiaan amblyopioihin
singular plural
nominative amblyopia amblyopiat
accusative nom. amblyopia amblyopiat
gen. amblyopian
genitive amblyopian amblyopioiden
amblyopioitten
amblyopiainrare
partitive amblyopiaa amblyopioita
inessive amblyopiassa amblyopioissa
elative amblyopiasta amblyopioista
illative amblyopiaan amblyopioihin
adessive amblyopialla amblyopioilla
ablative amblyopialta amblyopioilta
allative amblyopialle amblyopioille
essive amblyopiana amblyopioina
translative amblyopiaksi amblyopioiksi
instructive amblyopioin
abessive amblyopiatta amblyopioitta
comitative amblyopioineen

Synonyms


Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀμβλῠωπῐ́ᾱ (ambluōpíā)

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /am.blyˈoː.pi.a/, [am.blʏˈoː.pi.a]

Noun

amblyōpia f (genitive amblyōpiae); first declension

  1. (New Latin) amblyopia
    • 1831, Dr Carolus Hanmann, De pathognomiae dignitate in morbis cognoscendis, volume II, part B, § LXXXI, page 30:
      Universim oculi nigri in amblyopiam, coerulei in cataractam magis proni sunt.
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Declension

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative amblyōpia amblyōpiae
genitive amblyōpiae amblyōpiārum
dative amblyōpiae amblyōpiīs
accusative amblyōpiam amblyōpiās
ablative amblyōpiā amblyōpiīs
vocative amblyōpia amblyōpiae

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