ophthalmic
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of ophthalmic
1595–1605; < Latin ophthalmicus < Greek ophthalmikós, equivalent to ophthalm ( ós ) eye + -ikos -ic
Example Sentences
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Ph.D., director of neuropathology and ophthalmic pathology and a professor of oncology and pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2024
"The methyl isocyanate gas affected respiratory, neurological, musculoskeletal, ophthalmic, endocrine and reproductive systems, and it damaged human chromosomes."
From Salon • Jun. 17, 2023
Michael O'Neill, head of general dental and ophthalmic services at the Department of Health, wrote to dentists on 3 May to say that work was ongoing to secure savings and raise revenue across health budgets.
From BBC • May 12, 2023
From the dates on the CV it looks like she had no trouble landing a job almost instantaneously as a lecturer in ophthalmic research at Harvard Medical School.
From Scientific American • Jan. 12, 2023
Operations on the Lachrymal Organs.—In a system of ophthalmic surgery, various operative procedures might be detailed under this head, authorised and sanctioned by old custom.
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
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