ophthalmol.

Noun

ophthalmology (countable and uncountable, plural ophthalmologies)

1. The anatomy, functions, pathology, and treatment of the eye.
   • He will reproach himself for having been the victim of some of these liabilities, but for others, like his cataract or the bad illumination, he will express regret but not remorse. That is, some of the explanations that he will give for some of his mistakes and failures will be of the same sort as...1954, Gilbert Ryle, “dilemma vii: Perception”, in Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, page 97