ophthalmologist
/ˌɒf.θælˈmɒ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/US/ˌɔf.θə(l)ˈmɑ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/
ophthalmologist noun: a medical doctor specializing in the eye: deficiencies of vision requiring correction, and diseases. Compare optometrist.
Noun
ophthalmologist (plural ophthalmologists)
- A medical doctor specializing in the eye: deficiencies of vision requiring correction, and diseases. Compare optometrist.
- There is a good deal of scholarship by ophthalmologists— in addition to that done by historians of science, technology and medicine, and others—about the origins of eyeglasses and the evolution of their function and form.2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2026
- Synonyms:
- eye doctor, oculist
ophthalmologist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Kannada
ophthalmologist in Hindi
- eye specialist
- नेत्र वैज्ञानिक netra vaijñānik
ophthalmologist in Tamil
- கண் மருத்துவர், கண்மருத்துவர்
ophthalmologist in Bengali
- চক্ষুরোগ বিশেষজ্ঞ
ophthalmologist in Kannada
- ಕಣ್ಣರಿಗ, ಕಣ್ಣುಮಾಂಜುಗ
More languagesFewer languages
- ophthalmologist in Tagalog
- palamata, optalmologo
- ophthalmologist in Arabic
- طَبِيب عُيُون ṭabīb ʕuyūn
- ophthalmologist in Malay
- ahli oftamologi, doktor mata
- ophthalmologist in Indonesian
- dokter mata
- ophthalmologist in Persian
- چشمپزشک češm-pezešk
- ophthalmologist in Thai
- จักษุแพทย์ jàk-sù-pɛ̂ɛt
- ophthalmologist in Vietnamese
- bác sĩ chữa mắt
Synonyms of ophthalmologist
Forms of ophthalmologist
| plural | ophthalmologists |
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Origin of ophthalmologist
From ophthalmology + -ist.
Words formed from ophthalmologist
Questions about ophthalmologist
- What does ophthalmologist mean?
- Ophthalmologist means a medical doctor specializing in the eye: deficiencies of vision requiring correction, and diseases. Compare optometrist.
- What is ophthalmologist in Hindi?
- Ophthalmologist in Hindi is नेत्र वैज्ञानिक (netra vaijñānik). See Ophthalmologist meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ophthalmologist?
- Ophthalmologist is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ophthalmologist?
- Ophthalmologist is pronounced /ˌɒf.θælˈmɒ.lə.d͡ʒɪst/ (UK).
- What is the plural of ophthalmologist?
- The plural of ophthalmologist is ophthalmologists.
Words near ophthalmologist in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ophthalmologist (page history and authors); ophthalmologist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ophthalmologist (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ophthalmologist (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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