单词 | ophthalmist |
释义 | ophthalmistn. Now rare. An expert in the structure and functions of the eye; an oculist. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > specialist > [noun] > on organs or structures of the body > eye oculister?a1425 oculist1598 ophthalmist1629 eye-wright1656 cataractist1660 ophthalmiater1761 ophthalmologist1826 ophthalmoscopist1873 orthoptist1937 1629 L. Andrewes Sermons 123 He will, there be good Ophthalmists, with right Eye-salve, that the sight may be cured, and things seeme as they be, and not be as they seeme. 1696 J. Edwards Demonstr. Existence God ii. ii. 33 The fourth and last Membrane..though some Ophthalmists have talk'd of a Fifth..is the Retina. 1867 London Rev. 26 Oct. 472/1 The previous edition of the Dictionary was printed in letters small enough to drive any one but an ophthalmist frantic. c1875 C. Sumner Best Portraits in Engraving (ed. 3) 12 Among his successful portraits is that of a cat; but all yield to what are known as the Great Beards, being the portraits of William de Ryck, an ophthalmist at Amsterdam, and of Gellius de Bouma, the Zutphen ecclesiastic. 1999 Church Times 24 Sept. 3/5 ‘I have to look behind your eyes,’ says the ophthalmist. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1629 |
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