noun
Meaning 1
An optometrist or ophthalmologist.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
eye doctor
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noun
Meaning 2
a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ophthalmologist, oculist
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: specialist, medical specialist
Narrower terms: Snellen, Hermann Snellen
History
Etymology
From eye + doctor. Compare Faroese eygnalækni, Norwegian Bokmål øyelege, German Augenarzt.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 眼科醫生 /眼科医生 (yǎnkē yīshēng) — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Danish: øjenlæge — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Dutch: oogarts — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Faroese: eygnalækni — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- French: oculiste — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- French: ophtalmologue — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Galician: oculista — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- German: Augenarzt — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- German: Augenärztin — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Greek: οφθαλμίατρος (ofthalmíatros) — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Hungarian: szemorvos — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Hungarian: szemész — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Latin: ocularius — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Polish: okulista — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Polish: okulistka — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Polish: oftalmolog — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Polish: oftalmolożka — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Portuguese: oftalmologista — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Portuguese: oculista — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Romanian: oftalmolog — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Romanian: oftalmologă — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Romanian: oculist — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Romanian: oculistă — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Russian: глазной врач (glaznoj vrač) — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Russian: глазник (glaznik) — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Russian: офтальмолог (oftalʹmolog) — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Russian: окулист (okulist) — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Swedish: ögonläkare — optometrist or ophthalmologist
- Telugu: నేత్రవైద్యుడు (nētravaidyuḍu) — optometrist or ophthalmologist