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Webster 1913 Edition

Ophthalmologist

Ophˊthal-mol′o-gist

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Noun.

One skilled in ophthalmology; an oculist.

Definition 2024

ophthalmologist

ophthalmologist

English

Noun

ophthalmologist ‎(plural ophthalmologists)

A medical doctor specializing in the eye: deficiencies of vision requiring correction, and diseases. Compare optometrist.

Synonyms

Translations

eye specialist

Arabic: طَبِيب عُيُون m ‎(ṭabīb ʿuyūn)
Catalan: oftalmòleg m, oftalmòloga f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 眼科醫生 (zh), 眼科医生 (zh) ‎(yǎnkē yīshēng)
Czech: oftalmolog (cs) m, oční lékař m
Danish: øjenlæge (da) c
Faroese: eygnalækni m
Finnish: silmälääkäri (fi)
French: ophtalmologiste (fr) m, f
German: Augenarzt (de) m, Augenärztin (de) f
Greek: οφθαλμίατρος (el) m, f ‎(ofthalmíatros)
Icelandic: augnlæknir (is) m
Irish: oftailmeolaí m
Italian: oculista (it) m, f
Japanese: 眼科医 (ja) ‎(がんかい, gankai)

Korean: 안과의사 ‎(an-gwa-uisa)
Latin: ocularius m, ocularia f
Malay: ahli oftamologi, doktor mata
Persian: چشم‌پزشک ‎(češm-pezešk)
Polish: okulista (pl) m, okulistka (pl) f
Portuguese: oftalmologista (pt) m, f, ocuista m, f, oculista (pt) m, f
Romanian: oftalmolog (ro) m, oftalmologă (ro) f
Russian: офтальмо́лог (ru) m ‎(oftalʹmólog), окули́ст (ru) m ‎(okulíst), глазно́й врач m ‎(glaznój vrač), (colloquial) глазни́к (ru) m ‎(glazník)
Spanish: oftalmólogo (es) m, oftalmóloga f
Swedish: ögonläkare (sv) c, oftalmolog (sv) c
Tagalog: palamata
Turkish: göz doktoru, göz bilimci, gözbilimci (tr)
Vietnamese: bác sĩ chữa mắt