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ophthalmic

UK/ɒfˈθal.mɪk//ɑfˈθæl.mɪk/

ophthalmic adjective: of or pertaining to the eyes.

Adjective

ophthalmic (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the eyes.
    • Eyedrops are an ophthalmic solution.
    • The ophthalmic surgeon attends Tuesdays and Saturdays, at half-past one.1853 September 17, “Metropolitan Hospitals & Medical Schools”, in The Lancet, volume 62, number 1568, →DOI, page 268
  2. Visionary, looking to the future.
    • 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 patronise me.1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter X, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 161
    • If Jack Yeats has made this ophthalmic adjustment, and if W.B. never really was so foolish as to look things between the eyes (until the Revolution grimaced at him), have the realistic novelists of our time been wise in their insistence on ruthless close-ups?2000, David Pierce, Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader, →ISBN, page 516

ophthalmic meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

ophthalmic in Tamil

மண உணர்வு நரம்பு, மணநரம்பு

ophthalmic in Bengali

অক্ষিজ

ophthalmic in Malayalam

കണ്ണിനെ സംബന്ധിക്കുന്ന

Examples of ophthalmic in a sentence

  • McNally used a special ophthalmic camera to reveal the view a doctor would have during an eye exam.2008, Leah Bendavid-Val, National Geographic: The Photographs, page 15:
  • To Dechen Wangmo, and all the fiercely dedicated ophthalmic staff of Bhutan, my gratitude for your hospitality and patience with a foreigner's curiosity about your customs.2013, David Oliver Relin, Second Suns: Two Doctors and Their Amazing Quest to Restore Sight and Save Lives, →ISBN:

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Forms of ophthalmic

alternative formophthalmick

Origin of ophthalmic

Borrowed from Latin ophthalmicus, from Ancient Greek ὀφθᾰλμῐκός (ophthălmĭkós, “of or for the eyes”), from ὀφθᾰλμός (ophthălmós, “eye”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).

Words formed from ophthalmic

Phrases with ophthalmic

Words that rhyme with ophthalmic

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Questions about ophthalmic

What does ophthalmic mean?
Ophthalmic means of or pertaining to the eyes.
What is ophthalmic in Tamil?
Ophthalmic in Tamil is மண உணர்வு நரம்பு, மணநரம்பு. See Ophthalmic meaning in Tamil.
How do you use ophthalmic in a sentence?
McNally used a special ophthalmic camera to reveal the view a doctor would have during an eye exam.
What part of speech is ophthalmic?
Ophthalmic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce ophthalmic?
Ophthalmic is pronounced /ɒfˈθal.mɪk/ (UK).

Words near ophthalmic in the dictionary

  1. ophthalmectomies
  2. ophthalmectomy
  3. ophthalmia
  4. ophthalmia neonatorum
  5. ophthalmias
  6. ophthalmic
  7. ophthalmic acid
  8. ophthalmic arteries
  9. ophthalmic artery
  10. ophthalmic nerve
  11. ophthalmic nerves

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ophthalmic (page history and authors); ophthalmic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ophthalmic (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ophthalmic (Malayalam 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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