Meanings
plural ophthalmologists
- A medical doctor specializing in the eye: deficiencies of vision requiring correction, and diseases. Compare optometrist.
There is a good deal of scholarship by ophthalmologists— in addition to that done by historians of science, technology and medicine, and others—about the origins of eyeglasses and the evolution of their function and form.
2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2026Synonyms: eye doctor, oculist
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA medical doctor specializing in the eye: deficiencies of vision requiring correction, and diseases. Compare optometrist.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic طَبِيب عُيُون
- طَبِيب عُيُون (ṭabīb ʕuyūn)eye specialist
Catalan oftalmòleg, oftalmòloga
- oftalmòlegeye specialist
- oftalmòlogaeye specialist
Chinese Mandarin 眼科醫生 /眼科医生
- 眼科醫生 /眼科医生 (yǎnkē yīshēng)eye specialist
Czech oftalmolog, oční lékař
- oftalmologeye specialist
- oční lékařeye specialist
Danish øjenlæge, oftalmolog
- øjenlægeeye specialist
- oftalmologeye specialist
Dutch oogarts, oftalmoloog
- oogartseye specialist
- oftalmoloogeye specialist
- oogheelkundigeeye specialist
Esperanto oftalmologo
- oftalmologoeye specialist
Finnish silmälääkäri
- silmälääkärieye specialist
French ophtalmologiste
- ophtalmologisteeye specialist
German Augenarzt, Augenärztin
- Augenarzteye specialist
- Augenärztineye specialist
- Augenheilkundlereye specialist
- Augenheilkundlerineye specialist
- Ophthalmologeeye specialist
- Ophthalmologineye specialist
- Okulisteye specialist
- Okulistineye specialist
Greek οφθαλμίατρος
- οφθαλμίατρος (ofthalmíatros)eye specialist
Hindi नेत्र वैज्ञानिक
- नेत्र वैज्ञानिक (netra vaijñānik)eye specialist
Hungarian szemész
- szemészeye specialist
Icelandic augnlæknir
- augnlæknireye specialist
Indonesian dokter mata
- dokter mataeye specialist
Irish oftailmeolaí
- oftailmeolaíeye specialist
Italian oculista
- oculistaeye specialist
Japanese 眼科医, 目医者
- 眼科医 (gankai)eye specialist
- 目医者 (meisha)eye specialist
Korean 안과의사
- 안과의사 (an'gwauisa)eye specialist
Latin oculārius, oculāria
- oculāriuseye specialist
- oculāriaeye specialist
Latvian oftalmologs, oftalmoloģe
- oftalmologseye specialist
- oftalmoloģeeye specialist
Malay ahli oftamologi, doktor mata
- ahli oftamologieye specialist
- doktor mataeye specialist
Norwegian Bokmål øyelege, øyenlege
- øyelegeeye specialist
- øyenlegeeye specialist
- oftalmologeye specialist
Persian چشمپزشک
- چشمپزشک (češm-pezešk)eye specialist
Polish okulista, okulistka
- okulistaeye specialist
- okulistkaeye specialist
- oftalmologeye specialist
- oftalmolożkaeye specialist
Portuguese oftalmologista, ocuista
- oftalmologistaeye specialist
- ocuistaeye specialist
- oculistaeye specialist
Romanian oftalmolog, oftalmologă
- oftalmologeye specialist
- oftalmologăeye specialist
Russian офтальмо́лог, окули́ст
- офтальмо́лог (oftalʹmólog)eye specialist
- окули́ст (okulíst)eye specialist
- глазно́й врач (glaznój vrač)eye specialist
- глазни́к (glazník)eye specialist
Slovak oftalmológ
- oftalmológeye specialist
Spanish oftalmólogo, oftalmóloga
- oftalmólogoeye specialist
- oftalmólogaeye specialist
Swahili daktari wa macho
- daktari wa machoeye specialist
Swedish ögonläkare, oftalmolog
- ögonläkareeye specialist
- oftalmologeye specialist
Tagalog palamata, optalmologo
- palamataeye specialist
- optalmologoeye specialist
Thai จักษุแพทย์
- จักษุแพทย์ (jàk-sù-pɛ̂ɛt)eye specialist
Turkish göz doktoru, göz bilimci
- göz doktorueye specialist
- göz bilimcieye specialist
- gözbilimcieye specialist
Vietnamese bác sĩ chữa mắt
- bác sĩ chữa mắteye specialist
Cite this entry
ophthalmologist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ophthalmologist
“ophthalmologist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ophthalmologist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ophthalmologist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ophthalmologist.
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