ophthalmic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   relating to the eye, its diseases, or their medical treatment

   The nurse applied the ophthalmic solution exactly as prescribed.

Common collocations

• ophthalmic artery Adjective + noun

Borrowed from Latin ophthalmicus, from Ancient Greek ophthalmikos, 'of or for the eyes,' based on ophthalmos, 'eye,' plus the adjectival suffix -ikos. The same Greek base appears in ophthalmology and ophthalmoscope.

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