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ophthalmology|ɒfθælˈmɒlədʒɪ|
[f. ophthalmo- + -logy.]
The scientific study of the eye; that branch of science which treats of the structure, functions, and affections of the eye.
1842in Dunglison Med. Lex. 1865Pall Mall G. 30 Nov. 4 It is proposed to establish a chair of ophthalmology in the medical faculty of Paris. 1881Nature XXIV. 349/1 Modern ophthalmology has scarcely a single point of similarity with that of the last century.
Hence ophthalˈmologist, one versed in ophthalmology.
1834Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 166 No ophthalmologist..has paid so much attention to this subject as Professor Beer. 1900Edin. Rev. Oct. 393 Von Graefe, the great ophthalmologist, first surveyed the fundus of the living human eye. |