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Ophthalmic   Listen
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Ophthalmic  adj.  (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the eye; ocular; as the ophthalmic, or orbitonasal, nerve, a division of the trigeminal, which gives branches to the lachrymal gland, eyelids, nose, and forehead.
Ophthalmic region (Zool.), the space around the eyes.





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"Ophthalmic" Quotes from Famous Books



... An ophthalmic surgeon may recommend an operation for cataract in a man who is going blind, without being supposed to undertake that it will cure him of gout. And I may pursue the metaphor so far as to remark, that the surgeon is justified in pointing out ...
— Evolution and Ethics and Other Essays • Thomas H. Huxley
... Words: optics, optician, ocular, oculary, oculate, oculifonn, ophthalmology, ophthalmologist, ophthalmic, optometry, ophthalmostat, optometrist, chatoyant, chatoyment, cynosure, orbit, strabismus, rheum, ophthalmoscope, ophthalmoscopy, astigmatism, optography, blear, blear-eyed, bleary, ...
— Putnam's Word Book • Louis A. Flemming


Words linked to "Ophthalmic" :   ophthalmology, ophthalmic artery, inferior ophthalmic vein, ophthalmic vein


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