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ophthalmology

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • UK: /ˌɒfθə(l)ˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
  • UK: /ˌɒpθə(l)ˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
  • UK: /ˌɒfθælˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
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  • Canada, US: /ˌɑpθə(l)ˈmɑləd͡ʒi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The anatomy, functions, pathology, and treatment of the eye.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: medicine, medical specialty

History

Etymology

From ophthalmo- + -logy.

Across languages

Translations

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: oftalmologjía — eye medicine
  • Arabic: طِبّ اَلْعُيُون (ṭibb al-ʕuyūn) — eye medicine
  • Armenian: ակնաբուժություն (aknabužutʻyun) — eye medicine
  • Asturian: oftalmoloxía — eye medicine
  • Azerbaijani: oftalmologiya — eye medicine
  • Basque: oftalmologia — eye medicine
  • Belarusian: афтальмалогія (aftalʹmalóhija) — eye medicine
  • Bengali: চক্ষুচিকিৎসাবিজ্ঞান (cokkhucikitśabiggên) — eye medicine
  • Bulgarian: офталмология (oftalmologija) — eye medicine
  • Catalan: oftalmologia — eye medicine
  • Chinese Cantonese: 眼科 (ngaan5 fo1) — eye medicine
  • Hakka Chinese: 眼科 (ngién-khô) — eye medicine
  • Chinese: 眼科 (zh-min-nan) — eye medicine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 眼科 (yǎnkē) — eye medicine
  • Chinese Mandarin: 眼科學 /眼科学 (yǎnkēxué) — eye medicine
  • Czech: oftalmologie — eye medicine
  • Danish: oftalmologi — eye medicine
  • Dutch: oogheelkunde — eye medicine
  • Dutch: oftalmologie — eye medicine
  • Esperanto: oftalmologio — eye medicine
  • Esperanto: okulkuracado — eye medicine
  • Finnish: silmätautioppi — eye medicine
  • Finnish: oftalmologia — eye medicine
  • French: ophtalmologie — eye medicine
  • West-Frisian: eachhielkunde — eye medicine
  • Galician: oftalmoloxía — eye medicine
  • Georgian: ოფთალმოლოგია (optalmologia) — eye medicine
  • German: Augenheilkunde — eye medicine
  • German: Ophthalmologie — eye medicine
  • Hebrew: אוֹפְתַלְמוֹלוֹגְיָה (optalmológya) — eye medicine
  • Hindi: नेत्रविज्ञान (netravijñān) — eye medicine
  • Hungarian: szemészet — eye medicine
  • Icelandic: augnlæknisfræði — eye medicine
  • Ido: oftalmologio — eye medicine
  • Indonesian: oftalmologi — eye medicine
  • Irish: oftailmeolaíocht — eye medicine
  • Italian: oftalmologia — eye medicine
  • Japanese: 眼科 (ganka) — eye medicine
  • Japanese: 眼科学 (gankagaku) — eye medicine
  • Kannada: ನೇತ್ರಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (nētraśāstra) — eye medicine
  • Kannada: ನೇತ್ರವಿಜ್ಞಾನ (nētravijñāna) — eye medicine
  • Korean: 안과 (an'gwa) — eye medicine
  • Korean: 안과학 (an'gwahak) — eye medicine
  • Kyrgyz: офтальмология (oftalmologiya) — eye medicine
  • Latin: ars curae oculariae — eye medicine
  • Latin: ars curae ocularis — eye medicine
  • Latin: medicina ocularia — eye medicine
  • Latin: medicina ocularis — eye medicine
  • Latin: medicina ocularia — eye medicine
  • Latvian: oftalmoloģija — eye medicine
  • Lithuanian: oftalmologija — eye medicine
  • Macedonian: офталмологија (oftalmologija) — eye medicine
  • Malay: oftalmologi — eye medicine
  • Malayalam: നേത്രവിജ്ഞാനം (nētravijñānaṁ) — eye medicine
  • Marathi: नेत्रशल्यचिकित्सा (netraśalyacikitsā) — eye medicine
  • Mingrelian: ოფთალმოლოგია (optalmologia) — eye medicine
  • Norwegian Bokmål: oftalmologi — eye medicine
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: oftalmologi — eye medicine
  • Pali: नेत्रशल्यचिकित्सा (netraśalyacikitsā) — eye medicine
  • Persian: چشمپزشکی (češm-pezeški) — eye medicine
  • Polish: okulistyka — eye medicine
  • Polish: oftalmologia — eye medicine
  • Portuguese: oftalmologia — eye medicine
  • Quechua: ñawi hampikamayuq — eye medicine
  • Romanian: oftalmologie — eye medicine
  • Russian: офтальмоло́гия (oftalʹmológija) — eye medicine
  • Sanskrit: नेत्रशल्यचिकित्सा (netraśalyacikitsā) — eye medicine
  • Serbo-Croatian: офталмологија — eye medicine
  • Serbo-Croatian: oftalmologija — eye medicine
  • Sinhalese: අක්ෂි වෛද්යවේදය (akṣi waidyawēdaya) — eye medicine
  • Slovak: oftalmológia — eye medicine
  • Slovene: oftalmologíja — eye medicine
  • Slovene: okulístika — eye medicine
  • Spanish: oftalmología — eye medicine
  • Swedish: oftalmologi — eye medicine
  • Tagalog: optalmolohiya — eye medicine
  • Tajik: офталмология (oftalmologiya) — eye medicine
  • Tatar: офтальмология (oftalʹmologiyä) — eye medicine
  • Telugu: నేత్ర వైద్యము (nētra vaidyamu) — eye medicine
  • Thai: จักษุวิทยา (jàk-sù wít-tá-yaa) — eye medicine
  • Turkish: gözbilim — eye medicine
  • Turkish: göz bilimi — eye medicine
  • Ukrainian: офтальмоло́гія (oftalʹmolóhija) — eye medicine
  • Uzbek: oftalmologiya — eye medicine
  • Vietnamese: khoa mắt — eye medicine
  • Vietnamese: nhãn khoa — eye medicine
  • Waray-Waray: optalmolohiya — eye medicine
  • Yiddish: אָפֿטאַלמאָלאָגיע (oftalmologye) — eye medicine
Real reading context

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