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ophthalmy

ophthalmy is the archaic form of ophthalmia.

Meaning of ophthalmia

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

Forms of ophthalmy

pluralophthalmies

Words formed from ophthalmy

Questions about ophthalmy

What is ophthalmy the archaic form of?
Ophthalmy is the archaic form of ophthalmia.

Words near ophthalmy in the dictionary

  1. ophthalmotomies
  2. ophthalmotomy
  3. ophthalmotonometry
  4. ophthalmotrope
  5. ophthalmotropes
  6. ophthalmy
  7. ophthamology
  8. ophthocillin
  9. OPI
  10. opia
  11. opianic acid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ophthalmy (page history and authors); ophthalmia (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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