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Amblyopia literally means "dim eye". This is a drifting or "lazy" eye that usually happens because one eye has bad vision. The brain often "turns off" control of that eye and the eye drifts. The patient usually does not have diplopia because input from that eye is turned off. In one of the most remarkable illustrations of plasticity, the eye can become permanently blind in children if this is not treated.