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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ophthalmic
adjective
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▪ 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 eye diseases.
▪ Eyes Vision changes at around forty, so a visit to an ophthalmic optician is important.
▪ He concentrated his efforts on the posterior aspect of the eye and established the ophthalmic exam.
▪ Her eyes are now a flashing turquoise thanks to high-tech ophthalmic fashion.
▪ However, in view of his high helper lymphocyte count the diagnosis was questioned and yet another ophthalmic evaluation sought.
▪ If the physical lighting is acceptable, and the eye-strain persists, consult your medical practitioner or an ophthalmic optician.
▪ Scleral buckling agents Hydrogels have considerable potential in various ophthalmic applications.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ophthalmic

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, which gives branches to the lachrymal gland, eyelids, nose, and forehead.

Ophthalmic region (Zo["o]l.), the space around the eyes.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
ophthalmic

"pertaining to the eye," early 18c., from Latin ophthalmicus, from Greek ophthalmikos "pertaining to the eye," from ophthalmos "eye" (see ophthalmo-).

Wiktionary
ophthalmic

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.

WordNet
ophthalmic

  1. adj. of or relating to the eye; "ophthalmic defect"

  2. of or relating to ophthalmology; "ophthalmic surgery"

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Ophthalmic

Ophthalmic means pertaining to the eye, and can refer to:

  • Ophthalmology
  • Ophthalmic nerve
  • Ophthalmic artery
  • Ophthalmic veins
  • Ophthalmic drug administration, as with eye drops

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  • Ophthalmia
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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.