ophthalmology

noun oph·thal·mol·o·gy \ ˌäf-thə(l)-ˈmä-lə-jē , ˌäp- , -ˌthal- \

|Updated on: 19 Jun 2018

Definition of ophthalmology

: a branch of medical science dealing with the structure, functions, and diseases of the eye

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ophthalmologic

play \ˌäf-thə(l)-mə-ˈlä-jik, ˌäp-, -ˌthal-\ or ophthalmological play \ˌäf-thə(l)-mə-ˈlä-ji-kəl, ˌäp-, -ˌthal-\ adjective

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ophthalmologically

play \ˌäf-thə(l)-mə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē, ˌäp-, -ˌthal-\ adverb

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Recent Examples of ophthalmology from the Web

Quick said in a letter to Keck’s faculty, staff and students at the time that Puliafito chose to resign as dean to return to an academic position in ophthalmology.

— paul pringle, latimes.com, "Top USC medical school official feared dean was 'doing drugs' and alerted administration, he testifies," 6 June 2018
The bride, 30, is a third-year resident in ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, the primary teaching hospital of Harvard Ophthalmology in Boston.

— New York Times, "Cindy Ung, Frank Chen," 27 May 2018
In the meantime, Health spoke with Hakan Demirci, MD, associate professor of ophthalmology at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center.

— amanda macmillan, Health.com, "What Is Ocular Melanoma? This Rare Eye Cancer Has Struck 36 Graduates of Auburn University," 1 May 2018
Former Googler Punit Soni founded the company a year ago (it was originally called Robin), and has since launched a dozen pilots in internal medicine, ophthalmology, orthopedics, and plastic surgery practices in California and Georgia.

— megan molteni, WIRED, "Does Your Doctor Need a Voice Assistant?," 1 May 2018
The groom’s father, also an ophthalmologist, is also an assistant clinical professor of ophthalmology at Ohio State’s medical school.

— New York Times, "Lindsay Dare, Christopher Minning," 29 Apr. 2018
The companies have overlapping businesses selling ophthalmology and neurological drugs.

— jonathan saltzman, BostonGlobe.com, "Shire rejects Takeda’s $60 billion takeover bid," 19 Apr. 2018
His wife, Asma Assad, has a penchant for lavish shopping sprees Assad met Asma Akras in London while continuing his ophthalmology studies at the Western Eye Hospital.

— shelby fleig and hannah wiley, USA TODAY, "Bashar Assad: 5 little-known facts about the controversial Syrian president," 17 Apr. 2018
Here, Brian Biesman, MD, a clinical assistant professor of dermatology and ophthalmology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, TN, shares the latest ways to keep our eyes from betraying our age.

— jolene edgar, Town & Country, "4 New Ways to Anti-Age Your Eyes," 8 June 2017

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