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Definition of ophthalmic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ophthalmic

adjective
 
/ɒfˈθælmɪk/,
 
/ɒpˈθælmɪk/
 
/ɑːfˈθælmɪk/,
 
/ɑːpˈθælmɪk/
(medical)
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  1. connected with the eye
    • ophthalmic surgery
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryOphthalmic is used with these nouns:
    • optician
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    Word Originearly 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek ophthalmikos, from ophthalmos ‘eye’.
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