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ophthalmic
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Word definitions for ophthalmic in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ An ophthalmic examination will reveal the cause of the problem, but there is no treatment available. ▪ An ophthalmic optician or optometrist tests for and prescribes glasses and can diagnose eye conditions, but doesn't treat ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context medicine English) Of or pertaining to the eyes. 2 visionary, looking to the future. alt. 1 (context medicine English) Of or pertaining to the eyes. 2 visionary, looking to the future.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"pertaining to the eye," early 18c., from Latin ophthalmicus , from Greek ophthalmikos "pertaining to the eye," from ophthalmos "eye" (see ophthalmo- ).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ophthalmic means pertaining to the eye , and can refer to: Ophthalmology Ophthalmic nerve Ophthalmic artery Ophthalmic veins Ophthalmic drug administration , as with eye drops See also: Ophthalmia
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ophthalmic \Oph*thal"mic\ ([o^]f*th[a^]l"m[i^]k; 277), a. [Gr. 'ofqalmiko`s: cf. F. ophthalmique. See Ophthalmia .] (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the eye; ocular; as the ophthalmic, or orbitonasal, nerve, a division of the trigeminal, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. of or relating to the eye; "ophthalmic defect" of or relating to ophthalmology; "ophthalmic surgery"
Usage examples of ophthalmic.
For the purulent scrofulous ophthalmic inflammation of infants, by cleansing the eyes thoroughly every half-hour with warm water, and then packing the sockets each time with fresh Cabbage leaves cleaned and bruised to a soft pulp, the flow of matter will be increased for a few days, but a cure will be soon effected.
The ophthalmic and maxillary nerves are sensory nerves, but the mandibular nerve is mixed.
There were surgical cases, infectious diseases, ophthalmic, orthopaedic and medical cases, most of them beyond my abilities and capabilities.
The blind trilobites were lightened of their biological load, their marvellous ophthalmic radar, and they thrived in the darkness.
It was cheap and tarty, but every woman was entitled to look cheap and tarty once in a while, even an associate professor of ophthalmic surgery at the Wilmer Eye Institute of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Yet I do not call to mind that I was ever in my earlier youth the subject of remark in our social family circle, but some large-handed person took some such ophthalmic steps to patronize me.
Ophthalmia, particularly the disease of the ophthalmic nerve, is very common in the eastern States.
It is said that an excellent ophthalmic powder can be made as follows: bore a hole from 1/2 to 1 inch in diameter, lengthwise, through a stout piece of limb of Tag Alder.