"ophthalmic" meaning in English

See ophthalmic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɒfˈθal.mɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɒpˈθal.mɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɑfˈθæl.mɪk/ [General-American], /ɑpˈθæl.mɪk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-ophthalmic.wav
Rhymes: -ælmɪk Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ophthalmicus, from Ancient Greek ὀφθᾰλμῐκός (ophthalmikós, “of or for the eyes”), from ὀφθᾰλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”) + -ῐκός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ophthalmicus}} Latin ophthalmicus, {{bor|en|grc|ὀφθᾰλμῐκός||of or for the eyes}} Ancient Greek ὀφθᾰλμῐκός (ophthalmikós, “of or for the eyes”), {{af|grc|ὀφθᾰλμός|-ῐκός|nocat=1|pos2=adjectival suffix|t1=eye|t2=-ic}} ὀφθᾰλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”) + -ῐκός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ophthalmic (not comparable)
  1. (medicine) Of or pertaining to the eyes. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (of or pertaining to the eyes): очен (očen) (Bulgarian), oftàlmic (Catalan), 眼的 (yǎn de) (Chinese Mandarin), ophtalmique (French), oftálmico (Galician), oftalmico (Italian), oftalmic (Occitan), oftálmico (Portuguese), oftálmico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ophthalmic-en-adj-pobPG4IW Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to the eyes': 97 3
  2. Visionary, looking to the future. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ophthalmic-en-adj-wAKp3aMi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ophthalmick [obsolete] Related terms: ophthalmo-, ophthalm-, ophthalmology, ophthalmologist, ophthalmoscope

Alternative forms

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