Ophthalmologist

English

Noun

Ophthalmologist (plural Ophthalmologists)

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

Synonyms

• eye doctor
• eye MD, eye M.D.

Thesaurus

anesthesiologist, cardiologist, chiropodist, dermatologist, eye doctor, eye-ear-nose-throat specialist, geriatrician, gerontologist, gynecologist, immunologist, internist, microscopist, neurologist, obstetrician, oculist, optician, optometrist, orthopedist, otolaryngologist, otologist, pathologist, pediatrician, pediatrist, podiatrist, psychiatrist, radiologist, serologist, skin man, specialist, telescopist

Etymology

From ophthalmology; from Ancient Greek οφθαλμός (opthalmos, “eye”) + -λογία (-logia, “the study of”) (from λόγος (logos)).

Translations

eye specialist

Catalan: oftalmòleg (ca) m., oftalmòloga (ca) f. Czech: oftalmolog (cs) m., oční lékař (cs) m. Finnish: silmälääkäri (fi) French: ophtalmologiste (fr) German: Augenarzt (de) m., Augenärztin (de) f. Greek: οφθαλμίατρος (el) (ofthalmíatros) c., οφθαλμολόγος (el) (ofthalmológos) c.

Icelandic: augnlæknir (is) m. Japanese: 眼科医 (ja) (gankai) Persian: چشم پزشک (fa) (češm-pezešk) Romanian: oftalmolog (ro) m., oftalmologă (ro) f. Spanish: oftalmólogo (es) m., oftalmóloga (es) f. Swedish: ögonläkare (sv) c., oftalmolog (sv) c.