Definition of Opthalmic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or resembling the eye. "An ocular spot is a pigmented organ or part believed to be sensitive to light"

Exact synonyms: Ocular, Optic, Optical
Partainyms: Eye, Eye, Eye, Eye

Definition of Opthalmic

1. Adjective. (misspelling of ophthalmic) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Opthalmic

opt out
optable
optant
optants
optation
optations
optative
optative mood
optatively
optatives
opted
opted in
opted out
opter
opters
opthalmic (current term)
opthalmologist
opthalmology
opthalmoscope
opthamology
optic
optic agnosia
optic ataxia
optic atrophy
optic axis
optic canal
optic capsule
optic chiasm
optic chiasma

Literary usage of Opthalmic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical and Surgical Reporter (1848)
"Public Professor of General and opthalmic Surgery. Director of the Chirurgical and opthalmic Clinic in the University of Heidelberg, &c., &c., &c. ..."

2. The Surgical Anatomy of the Arteries of the Human Body: Designed for the Use by Robert Harrison (1824)
"... one branch of it may be observed to join the nasal twig of the opthalmic, and may be traced to the Lenticular or opthalmic Ganglion, in which it joins a ..."

3. America, Historical, Statistic, and Descriptive by James Silk Buckingham (1841)
"... «3 opthalmic Hospital in China.—Testimony of the Chinese who had been Cured— Formation of a general Dispensary in China.—Suggestion of a Medical ..."

4. Memorials of Protestant Missionaries to the Chinese: Giving a List of Their by Alexander Wylie (1867)
"... of opthalmic Hospital at Canton. These were published at irregular intervals, quarterly, half yearly, annually, and at longer periods, at Canton and ..."

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