Definition of ophthalmologist
: a physician who specializes in ophthalmology — compare optician, optometrist
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Caridad's Vision Clinic has eight ophthalmologists on staff who see patients with an additional doctor coming on board this month.
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Noel's ophthalmologist, Dr. Ronald Krueger of the Cleveland Clinic, said the SMILE procedure is all about being minimally invasive.
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Her mother is an ophthalmologist at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
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Whittaker and his wife, Kelly Caruso, who is also a veterinary ophthalmologist, planned two surgeries for Indira, one for the cross eyes and other for the cataracts.
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Esperanto was first proposed in 1887, by a Polish ophthalmologist, L. L. Zamenhof.
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First Known Use of ophthalmologist
1834
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medical : a doctor who studies and treats problems and diseases of the eye
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Medical Definition of ophthalmologist
: a physician who specializes in ophthalmology—compare optician 2, optometrist
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