Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye
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specialistmedical specialist
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Origin
From eye + doctor. Compare Faroese eygnalækni, Norwegian Bokmål øyelege, German Augenarzt.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 眼科醫生 /眼科医生
- 眼科醫生 /眼科医生 (yǎnkē yīshēng)optometrist or ophthalmologist
Danish øjenlæge
- øjenlægeoptometrist or ophthalmologist
Dutch oogarts
- oogartsoptometrist or ophthalmologist
Finnish silmälääkäri
- silmälääkärioptometrist or ophthalmologist
French oculiste, ophtalmologue
- oculisteoptometrist or ophthalmologist
- ophtalmologueoptometrist or ophthalmologist
German Augenarzt, Augenärztin
- Augenarztoptometrist or ophthalmologist
- Augenärztinoptometrist or ophthalmologist
Greek οφθαλμίατρος
- οφθαλμίατρος (ofthalmíatros)optometrist or ophthalmologist
Hungarian szemorvos, szemész
- szemorvosoptometrist or ophthalmologist
- szemészoptometrist or ophthalmologist
Latin ocularius
- oculariusoptometrist or ophthalmologist
Polish okulista, okulistka
- okulistaoptometrist or ophthalmologist
- okulistkaoptometrist or ophthalmologist
- oftalmologoptometrist or ophthalmologist
- oftalmolożkaoptometrist or ophthalmologist
Portuguese oftalmologista, oculista
- oftalmologistaoptometrist or ophthalmologist
- oculistaoptometrist or ophthalmologist
Romanian oftalmolog, oftalmologă
- oftalmologoptometrist or ophthalmologist
- oftalmologăoptometrist or ophthalmologist
- oculistoptometrist or ophthalmologist
- oculistăoptometrist or ophthalmologist
Russian глазной врач, глазник
- глазной врач (glaznoj vrač)optometrist or ophthalmologist
- глазник (glaznik)optometrist or ophthalmologist
- офтальмолог (oftalʹmolog)optometrist or ophthalmologist
- окулист (okulist)optometrist or ophthalmologist
Swedish ögonläkare
- ögonläkareoptometrist or ophthalmologist
Cite this entry
APA
eye doctor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye%20doctor
MLA
“eye doctor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye%20doctor. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eye doctor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eye%20doctor.
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