adj
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Meanings
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adj
relating to the eye, its diseases, or their medical treatment
The nurse applied the ophthalmic solution exactly as prescribed.
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Etymology
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.