| NOUN | person | ophthalmologist, eye doctor, oculist | a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye |
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| Sounds | aa.fthahmaa'lahjhihst; aa.pthahmaa'lahjhihst | |
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| Rhymes | abortionist ... Zionist: 245 rhymes with ihst... | |
| Meaning | A medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye. | |
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| Synonyms | eye doctor, oculist | |
| Instances | Snellen, Hermann Snellen | Dutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity (1834-1908) |
| Broader | specialist, medical specialist | practices one branch of medicine |
| Spanish | oculista, oftalmóloga, oftalmólogo | |
| Catalan | oculista, oftalmòleg, oftalmologista | |
| Nouns | ophthalmology | the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases |
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