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Noun: ophthalmology  `óf-thal'mó-lu-jee or `óp-thal'mó-lu-jee
  1. The branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases

Derived forms: ophthalmologies

See also: ophthalmic, ophthalmologist

Type of: medical specialty, medicine

Encyclopedia: Ophthalmology