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ophthalmia

/ɒfˈθælmiə/US/ɑpˈθælmiə/

ophthalmia noun: synonym of ophthalmitis (“inflammation of the eye”).

Noun

ophthalmia (countable and uncountable, plural ophthalmias)

  1. Synonym of ophthalmitis (“inflammation of the eye”).
    • Dr. Buck reports that the Swabians also believe in the efficacy of fasting spittle for sore eyes; and our never-failing Pliny records the Roman belief that ophthalmia may be cured by anointing the eyes every morning with fasting spittle.1891 July, Fanny D. Bergen, “Animal and Plant Lore”, in Popular Science, page 377
    Synonyms:
    ophthalmitis

ophthalmia meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Arabic

ophthalmia in Tamil

கண்ணழற்சி, கண்ணோய்

ophthalmia in Kannada

ಕಣ್ಣುಬೇನೆ, ಕಣ್ಣುಕುತ್ತ

ophthalmia in Arabic

ophthalmitis
رَمَد ramad

Synonyms of ophthalmia

Forms of ophthalmia

pluralophthalmias

Origin of ophthalmia

From Medieval Latin obtalmia and Old French obtalmie, ultimately from Ancient Greek ὀφθαλμός (ophthalmós). Re-classicized from the Greek spelling, instead of archaic obtalmy (“eye inflammation, (also?) longsightedness”).

Words formed from ophthalmia

Questions about ophthalmia

What does ophthalmia mean?
Ophthalmia means synonym of ophthalmitis (“inflammation of the eye”).
What is ophthalmia in Tamil?
Ophthalmia in Tamil is கண்ணழற்சி, கண்ணோய். See Ophthalmia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ophthalmia?
Ophthalmia is a noun.
How do you pronounce ophthalmia?
Ophthalmia is pronounced /ɒfˈθælmiə/ (UK).
What is the plural of ophthalmia?
The plural of ophthalmia is ophthalmias.

Words near ophthalmia in the dictionary

  1. ophthalmascopic
  2. ophthalmate
  3. ophthalmates
  4. ophthalmectomies
  5. ophthalmectomy
  6. ophthalmia
  7. ophthalmia neonatorum
  8. ophthalmias
  9. ophthalmic
  10. ophthalmic acid
  11. ophthalmic arteries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ophthalmia (page history and authors); ophthalmia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ophthalmia (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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