Definizione monolingua

ophthalmology

ophthalmology (uncountable)

1. (medicine) The anatomy, functions, pathology, and treatment of the eye.
   • 1954: Gilbert Ryle, Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, dilemma vii: Perception, page 97 (The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press)

     He will reproach himself for having been the victim of some of these liabilities, but for others, like his cataract or the bad illumination, he will express regret but not remorse. That is, some of the explanations that he will give for some of his mistakes and failures will be of the same sort as the explanations he would give for his mistakes and failures in counting or multiplying, but some will be of quite di?erent sorts, like the explanations that he couches in the terms of elementary ophthalmology or optics.

Definizione dizionario ophthalmology

	oculistica
	A surgical specialty concerned with the structure and function of the eye and the medical and surgical treatment of its defects and diseases.

	oftalmologia
	eye medicine

Altri significati:

(medicine) The anatomy, functions, pathology, and treatment of the eye.