OPHTHALMIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ophthalmic mean? 

• OPHTHALMIC (adjective)
  The adjective OPHTHALMIC has 2 senses:

1. of or relating to ophthalmology

2. of or relating to or resembling the eye

  Familiarity information: OPHTHALMIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPHTHALMIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to ophthalmology

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

ophthalmic surgery

Pertainym:

ophthalmology (the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or relating to or resembling the eye

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

ocular; ophthalmic; optic; optical

Context example:

ophthalmic defect

Pertainym:

eye (the organ of sight)

 Context examples 

A vessel arising from the ophthalmic artery that supplies the skin of the root of the nose with oxygenated blood.

(Dorsal Nasal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

An ophthalmic solution may contain different drugs with different mechanisms of actions, to target symptoms and their underlying cause.

(Ophthalmic Solution, NCI Thesaurus)

An topical ophthalmic formulation containing cyclosporine, an undecapeptide produced by the fungus Beauveria nivea, with immunosuppressant and anti-inflammatory activities.

(Cyclosporine Ophthalmic Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon ophthalmic administration, bromfenac binds to and inhibits the activity of cyclooxygenase II (COX II), an enzyme which converts arachidonic acid to cyclic endoperoxides, precursors of prostaglandins (PG).

(Bromfenac, NCI Thesaurus)

This category includes otic, nasal and ophthalmic agents.

(Agent Affecting Organs of Special Senses, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding about one or more characteristics of ophthalmic sites cancer, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system.

(Ophthalmic Sites Cancer TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

The etabonate salt form of loteprednol, an ophthalmic analog of the corticosteroid prednisolone with anti-inflammatory activity.

(Loteprednol Etabonate, NCI Thesaurus)

An artery originating from the ophthalmic artery with many branches that supply numerous areas including the lacrimal gland, eyelids and forehead.

(Lacrimal Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

The smallest branch of the ophthalmic nerve that innervates the lacrimal gland, conjunctiva, and the lateral portion of the upper eyelid.

(Lacrimal Nerve, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent emits an intense green fluorescence in the presence of alkaline solutions and therefore is used as a label when conjugated to antibodies or as a contrast agent for ophthalmic angiography.

(Fluorescein, NCI Thesaurus)