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nounthe branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseasestype of:
Definition that contains ophthalmology
- astigmatism (ophthalmology) impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea; common in nearsighted people
- myopia (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
- shortsightedness (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
- ophthalmic of or relating to ophthalmology
- nearsightedness (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred
- astigmia (ophthalmology) impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea; common in nearsighted people
- emmetropia (ophthalmology) the normal refractive condition of the eye in which there is clear focus of light on the retina
- ametropia (ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia
- slit lamp (ophthalmology) a lamp that emits a narrow but intense beam of light that enables an ophthalmologist, using a microscope, to view the retina and optic nerve