Meanings
- not comparablePertaining to ophthalmology.
1 more example
But even when his mistakes and failures are to be explained in ophthalmological or optical terms, this fact does not by itself prove the disheartening general proposition that nobody’s eyes are ever any good for anything, with its tacitly implied rider that no proof-readers can really find out for certain whether there are misprints on a page or not. The existence of disabilities is evidence against and not in favour of the non-existence of abilities.
1954: Gilbert Ryle, Dilemmas: The Tarner Lectures, 1953, dilemma vii: Perception, page 97 (The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press)
Origin
- Englishophthalmology
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishophthalmological
From ophthalmology + -ical.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan oftalmològic
- oftalmològicpertaining to ophthalmology
Czech oftalmologický
- oftalmologickýpertaining to ophthalmology
Dutch oogheelkundig, oftalmologisch
- oogheelkundigpertaining to ophthalmology
- oftalmologischpertaining to ophthalmology
French ophtalmologique
- ophtalmologiquepertaining to ophthalmology
Italian oftalmologico
- oftalmologicopertaining to ophthalmology
Polish okulistyczny, oftalmologiczny
- okulistycznypertaining to ophthalmology
- oftalmologicznypertaining to ophthalmology
Portuguese oftalmológico
- oftalmológicopertaining to ophthalmology
Romanian oftalmologic
- oftalmologicpertaining to ophthalmology
Slovak oftalmologický
- oftalmologickýpertaining to ophthalmology
Spanish oftalmológico
- oftalmológicopertaining to ophthalmology
Cite this entry
ophthalmological. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ophthalmological
“ophthalmological.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ophthalmological. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ophthalmological,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ophthalmological.
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