Ophthalmology

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ophthalmology \Oph`thal*mol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. 'ofqalmo`s the eye +
     -logy: cf. F. ophthalmologie.]
     The science which treats of the structure, functions, and
     diseases of the eye.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ophthalmology
       n : the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its
           diseases