Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A physician who specializes in ophthalmology.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is versed in ophthalmology. Also
ophthalmist .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One skilled in ophthalmology; an oculist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A medical
doctor specializing in theeye : deficiencies ofvision requiring correction, anddiseases . Compareoptometrist .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye
Etymologies
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Examples
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The kind and painstaking ophthalmologist is now consulting with the tall, grey-bearded, grave consultant.
Eyeball to eyeball (with tooth-sucking….) « Write Anything 2010
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As for Paul, DeMint said he is endorsing him because the ophthalmologist is a "true conservative who will stand up to the Washington establishment."
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I just called the ophthalmologist here in Fairmont because I need to find out how much I owe them after Blue Cross pays their part of the claim.
July 15th, 2003 2003
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This post got nearly everything right ... except the most important thing: "ophthalmologist"
the palin drone 2008
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The 60-year-old neuro-ophthalmologist, who works out of his house, says he was concerned that patients and visitors might hurt themselves and wanted to be "stress free" during the winter.
The New Cold Warrior Gwendolyn Bounds 2011
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When I turned thirteen, my parents took me to an ophthalmologist.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011
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When my eye doctor retired recently — the same one who's been examining me since the Marter and Parsons era — and a friend suggested her ophthalmologist, the doctor and his staff started trying to convince me I needed new glasses as soon as I walked through the door.
All in the Four-Eye Family Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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He is an ophthalmologist, looks like an ophthalmologist, and trained at the Western Eye Hospital in London.
Will nothing deter the US 'birthers' who question Obama's origins? | Alexander Chancellor 2011
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"Our vote to repeal is not merely symbolic," said one new Republican member, Nan Hayworth, an ophthalmologist.
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Hayworth R-N.Y., an ophthalmologist who represents a district north of New York City.
Many of the doctor-legislators in House oppose health-care law Mary Agnes Carey 2011
oroboros commented on the word ophthalmologist
From BC cartoon today: "Show me an Eskimo ophthalmologist...and I'll show you an optical Aleutian."
http://comics.com/bc/2011-02-11/
February 11, 2011
bilby commented on the word ophthalmologist
Show me a masturbation innuendo and I'll show you a knob tickle allusion.
February 12, 2011
gangerh commented on the word ophthalmologist
Brilliant, bilby. World-class thinking.
Be my friend forever.
February 12, 2011
yarb commented on the word ophthalmologist
Bilby that's the best joke I've seen on wordnik in yonks - possible ever. I doff my hat to it and it's only out of prudery that I hesitate to doff the rest.
February 14, 2011
ruzuzu commented on the word ophthalmologist
Thanks for making me look at this again, yarb. I didn't get bilby's joke at first--I thought I was missing something about the one-eyed man in the land of the blind.
February 14, 2011