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ophthalmology en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌɑfθə(l)ˈmɑləd͡ʒi/ (Canada, US)
• /ˌɒpθə(l)ˈmɒləd͡ʒi/ (UK)
• /ˌɒfθælˈmɒləd͡ʒi/ (UK)
• /ˌɒfθə(l)ˈmɒləd͡ʒi/ (UK)
• /ˌɑpθə(l)ˈmɑləd͡ʒi/ (Canada, US)
• (Midwestern-US) audio
• /ˌɒpθælˈmɒləd͡ʒi/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From ophthalmo- + -logy.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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 the explanations he would give for his mistakes and failures in counting or multiplying, but some will be of quite different sorts, like the explanations that he couches in the terms of elementary ophthalmology or optics. 1954, Gilbert Ryle, “dilemma vii: Perception”, in Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, page 97:

Forms

Deriveds

teleophthalmology

Relateds

neuro-ophthalmologist · ophthalmologist · ophthalmological · neuro-ophthalmology

Translations (88)

ko 안과학 (eye medicine) · cmn 眼科 (eye medicine) · he אוֹפְתַלְמוֹלוֹגְיָה (eye medicine) · eu oftalmologia (eye medicine) · la medicina ocularis (eye medicine) · mr नेत्रशल्यचिकित्सा (eye medicine) · qu ñawi hampikamayuq (eye medicine) · ml നേത്രവിജ്ഞാനം (eye medicine) · la medicina ocularia (eye medicine) · nn oftalmologi (eye medicine) · la ars curae oculariae (eye medicine) · hi नेत्रविज्ञान (eye medicine) · nan-hbl 眼科 (eye medicine) · yue 眼科 (eye medicine) · vi nhãn khoa (eye medicine) · it oftalmologia (eye medicine) · da oftalmologi (eye medicine) · th จักษุวิทยา (eye medicine) · war optalmolohiya (eye medicine) · tt офтальмология (eye medicine) · pl okulistyka (eye medicine) · ja 眼科 (eye medicine) · de Ophthalmologie (eye medicine) · bg офталмология (eye medicine) · ca oftalmologia (eye medicine) · nl oftalmologie (eye medicine) · be афтальмалогія (eye medicine) · cs oftalmologie (eye medicine) · sh oftalmologija (eye medicine) · eo okulkuracado (eye medicine) · ru офтальмоло́гия (eye medicine) · de Augenheilkunde (eye medicine) · id oftalmologi (eye medicine) · te నేత్ర వైద్యము (eye medicine) · hak 眼科 (eye medicine) · pi नेत्रशल्यचिकित्सा (eye medicine) · io oftalmologio (eye medicine) · fa چشمپزشکی (eye medicine) · xmf ოფთალმოლოგია (eye medicine) · sl oftalmologíja (eye medicine) · mk офталмологија (eye medicine) · lv oftalmoloģija (eye medicine) · tl optalmolohiya (eye medicine) · hy ակնաբուժություն (eye medicine) · tr gözbilim (eye medicine) · cmn 眼科學 /眼科学 (eye medicine) · ka ოფთალმოლოგია (eye medicine) · tg офталмология (eye medicine) · nb oftalmologi (eye medicine) · uz oftalmologiya (eye medicine) · ko 안과 (eye medicine) · ar طِبّ اَلْعُيُون (eye medicine) · ga oftailmeolaíocht (eye medicine) · bn চক্ষুচিকিৎসাবিজ্ঞান (eye medicine) · sh офталмологија (eye medicine) · ja 眼科学 (eye medicine) · nl oogheelkunde (eye medicine) · la ars curae ocularis (eye medicine) · tr göz bilimi (eye medicine) · sl okulístika (eye medicine) · kn ನೇತ್ರಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (eye medicine) · ms oftalmologi (eye medicine) · fr ophtalmologie (eye medicine) · pt oftalmologia (eye medicine) · ky офтальмология (eye medicine) · ro oftalmologie (eye medicine) · eo oftalmologio (eye medicine) · is augnlæknisfræði (eye medicine) · la medicina ocularia (eye medicine) · uk офтальмоло́гія (eye medicine) · fy eachhielkunde (eye medicine) · az oftalmologiya (eye medicine) · sk oftalmológia (eye medicine) · sa नेत्रशल्यचिकित्सा (eye medicine) · fi oftalmologia (eye medicine) · pl oftalmologia (eye medicine) · yi אָפֿטאַלמאָלאָגיע (eye medicine) · gl oftalmoloxía (eye medicine) · lt oftalmologija (eye medicine) · es oftalmología (eye medicine) · fi silmätautioppi (eye medicine) · vi khoa mắt (eye medicine) · sv oftalmologi (eye medicine) · hu szemészet (eye medicine) · si අක්ෂි වෛද්යවේදය (eye medicine) · ast oftalmoloxía (eye medicine) · sq oftalmologjía (eye medicine) · kn ನೇತ್ರವಿಜ್ಞಾನ (eye medicine)