ophthalmology
English Thesaurus
1. the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | medical specialty, medicine, |
| definition | : | the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | slit lamp, |
| definition | : | (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 (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | ametropia, |
| definition | : | (ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye as in astigmatism or myopia (noun.state) |
| domain member category | : | emmetropia, |
| definition | : | (ophthalmology) the normal refractive condition of the eye in which there is clear focus of light on the retina (noun.state) |
| domain member category | : | myopia, nearsightedness, shortsightedness, |
| definition | : | (ophthalmology) eyesight abnormality resulting from the eye's faulty refractive ability; distant objects appear blurred (noun.state) |
| domain member category | : | astigmatism, astigmia, |
| definition | : | (ophthalmology) impaired eyesight resulting usually from irregular conformation of the cornea; common in nearsighted people (noun.state) |
| domain member category | : | hypermetropic, hyperopic, |
| definition | : | abnormal ability to focus of distant objects (adj.all) |
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