Synonyms for ophthalmic

Grammar : Adj

Spell : of-thal-mik, op-

Phonetic Transcription : ɒfˈθæl mɪk, ɒp-

Top 10 synonyms for ophthalmic

Other synonyms for the word ophthalmic

Définition of ophthalmic

Origin : "pertaining to the eye," early 18c., from Latin ophthalmicus, from Greek ophthalmikos "pertaining to the eye," from ophthalmos "eye" (see ophthalmo-).

As in sensory : adj affecting animate nerve organs
As in ocular : adj with the eye

Example sentences :

Have you ever been to an ophthalmic hospital or a blind asylum?
Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan

(1⁄200 grain) of the salt are officinal, and used by ophthalmic surgeons.
Extract from : « Poisons: Their Effects and Detection » by Alexander Wynter Blyth

Every ophthalmic surgeon will tell you that he has had a number of such cases.
Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement No. 822 » by Various

The superficial ophthalmic branch is clearly equivalent to the ophthalmic branch of the seventh.
Extract from : « The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume III (of 4) » by Francis Maitland Balfour

An ophthalmic department was opened on the first floor, providing accommodation for out-patients as well as in-patients.
Extract from : « The Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt » by James W. Barrett

Formerly in great repute in ophthalmic practice, more particularly in inflammation, &c., of the eyelids.
Extract from : « Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II » by Arnold Cooley

Note passing anteriorly from the heart along the median line to the eyes a blood-vessel, the ophthalmic artery.
Extract from : « Elementary Zoology, Second Edition » by Vernon L. Kellogg

The untimely sneeze, the ophthalmic eye, the hunched back were omens to be shunned.
Extract from : « Unwritten Literature of Hawaii » by Nathaniel Bright Emerson

But it is not at all certain that the Hawaiians looked upon this ophthalmic redness as repulsive or disgraceful.
Extract from : « Unwritten Literature of Hawaii » by Nathaniel Bright Emerson

Ophthalmia, particularly the disease of the ophthalmic nerve, is very common in the eastern States.
Extract from : « Diary in America, Series One » by Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)

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