ophthalmologist (noun)
1ophthalmologist — ophthalmology ► NOUN ▪ the study and treatment of disorders and diseases of the eye. DERIVATIVES ophthalmological adjective ophthalmologist noun …
2ophthalmologist — noun Date: 1834 a physician who specializes in ophthalmology compare optician, optometrist …
3ophthalmologist — noun A medical doctor specializing in the eye: deficiencies of vision requiring correction, and diseases. Compare optometrist. Syn: eye doctor, eye MD, eye M.D …
4ophthalmologist — noun (C) a doctor who treats people s eyes and does operations on them compare optician (1), optometrist …
5ophthalmologist — noun a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye • Syn: ↑eye doctor, ↑oculist • Derivationally related forms: ↑ophthalmology • Hypernyms: ↑specialist, ↑medical specialist …
6ophthalmologist — UK [ˌɒfθælˈmɒlədʒɪst] / US [ˌɑpθælˈmɑlədʒɪst] / US [ˌɑfθælˈmɑlədʒɪst] noun [countable] Word forms ophthalmologist : singular ophthalmologist plural ophthalmologists medical a doctor who is an expert in illnesses of the eyes and who can perform… …
7ophthalmologist — oph|thal|mol|o|gist [ ,apθæl malədʒıst, ,afθæl malədʒıst ] noun count a doctor who is an expert in illnesses of the eyes and who can perform operations on people s eyes ╾ oph|thal|mol|o|gy [ ,apθæl malədʒi ] noun uncount …
8ophthalmologist — [ˌɒfθælˈmɒlədʒɪst] noun [C] a doctor who is an expert in illnesses of the eyes ophthalmology [ˌɒfθælˈmɒlədʒi] noun [U] …
9ophthalmologist — /ɒfθælˈmɒlədʒəst/ (say ofthal moluhjuhst) noun a doctor of medicine skilled in ophthalmology …
10ophthalmology — [ˌɒfθal mɒlədʒi, ˌɒpθal mɒlədʒi] noun the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of disorders and diseases of the eye. Derivatives ophthalmological adjective ophthalmologist noun …
