OPHTHALMOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ophthalmology mean? 

• OPHTHALMOLOGY (noun)
  The noun OPHTHALMOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases

  Familiarity information: OPHTHALMOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPHTHALMOLOGY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ophthalmology" is a kind of...):

medical specialty; medicine (the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques)

Domain member category:

slit lamp ((ophthalmology) a lamp that emits a narrow but intense beam of light that enables an ophthalmologist, using a microscope, to view the retina and optic nerve)

ametropia ((ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia)

emmetropia ((ophthalmology) the normal refractive condition of the eye in which there is clear focus of light on the retina)

myopia; nearsightedness; shortsightedness ((ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred)

astigmatism; astigmia ((ophthalmology) impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea; common in nearsighted people)

hypermetropic; hyperopic (abnormal ability to focus of distant objects)

Derivation:

ophthalmologist (a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye)

 Context examples 

Basic research in the field of ophthalmology.

(Experimental Ophthalmology, NCI Thesaurus)

Methyl methacrylate is a reactive resin, and the polymerized form is used as cement in dentistry, orthopaedic surgery and ophthalmology.

(Methyl Methacrylate, NCI Thesaurus)

This domain captures clinical sign information including ophthalmology, physical examination, and dermal examination collected in life while executing the study.

(Clinical Observation Domain, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)