ophthalmologist

[ of-thuhl-mol-uh-jist, -thuh-, -thal-, op- ]

noun

1. a doctor of medicine specializing in ophthalmology.

ophthalmologist

/ ˌɒfθælˈmɒlədʒɪst /

noun

1. a medical practitioner specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases

Word History and Origins

Origin of ophthalmologist¹

First recorded in 1825–35; ophthalmo- + -log(y) + -ist

Synonym Study

See eye doctor.

Example Sentences

But, Houshmand remembers the ophthalmologist saying, “You’re pregnant so there’s nothing I can do for you.”

From FiveThirtyEight

During one 90-minute appointment with an ophthalmologist, she remembered vomiting 20 times.

From FiveThirtyEight

Two of the “frontline” doctors were ophthalmologists, only one of whom was still licensed.

From TIme

So he told me he went to the ophthalmologist, and the ophthalmologist said, “If you play low notes, look down, if you play middle register notes, look in the middle, if you play high notes, look up to the sky.”

From Ozy

Like his father Ron, Sen. Paul is a doctor—the older Paul is an OB/GYN, the younger an ophthalmologist.

From The Daily Beast

Nor is he “the blind ophthalmologist” (his previous profession) carried along by events.

From The Daily Beast

Turns out the ophthalmologist was a member of a secret society in college, the Noze Brotherhood.

From The Daily Beast

Katie, an ophthalmologist who prefers that we not use her last name, dreads asking patients about any problem involving tearing.

From The Daily Beast

There are patients who go to the ophthalmologist for failing vision.

From Project Gutenberg

Frequently the ophthalmologist is the first to recognize early arteriosclerosis.

From Project Gutenberg

The earliest diagnoses are not infrequently made by the ophthalmologist.

From Project Gutenberg

This view was first advanced by the excellent ophthalmologist, R. Berlin of Stuttgart.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• optometrist