from ophthalmos [eye] * see ok w- 源自 ophthalmos [眼睛] *参见 ok w-
ophthalmo- or (before a vowel) ophthalm-
combining form
indicating the eye or the eyeball
⇒ophthalmoscope
Origin
from Greek ophthalmoseye1
ophthalmo-
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “eye,” used in the formation of compound words:
ophthalmology.
Also, especially before a vowel, ophthalm-.
Origin
< Greek, combining form of ophthalmós
Related Words
ophthalmodynamometer
ophthalmologist
ophthalmometer
ophthalmoscope
ophthalmoscopy
ophthalmo-a word element meaning 'eye'.
[Greek, combining form of ophthalmos]
ophthalmo- combining form ⇨ see ophthalm-
ophthalmo-
/ɒfˈθælməʊ/
combining form
Medicine relating to the eyes
【医】表示“眼睛的”：
ophthalmoscope.
词源
from Greek ophthalmos 'eye'.
ophthalmo-|ɒfθælməʊ|combining form of Gr. ὀϕθαλµός eye, used in various scientific terms: the more important are entered in their alphabetical places as main words.‖ ophˌthalmoblennoˈrrhœaPath.[mod.L.: see blennorrhœa], discharge of mucus from the eyes. ‖ ophˌthalmocarciˈnomaPath.[mod.L.: see carcinoma], cancer of the eye. ophˈthalmocelePath.[Gr. κήλη tumour, hernia], ‘protrusion or excessive prominence of the eyeball’ (Syd. Soc.Lex. 1892). ophˌthalmodiaˈstimeter[diastimeter], an instrument for adjusting the distance between two lenses (as in a pair of spectacles) to that between the eyes. ‖ ophthalmodynia|-əʊˈdɪnɪə|[Gr. ὀδύνη pain], pain in the eyeball; neuralgia of the frontal nerve in the orbit (Craig, 1848). ophthalˈmography[-graphy], description of the eye. ophˈthalmolith[Gr. λίθος stone], a lacrimal concretion (Syd. Soc.Lex.). ophˈthalmophoreZool.[Gr. -ϕορος bearing], a specialized portion of the head in Gastropod molluscs, which bears an eye (e.g. the ‘horn’ of a snail); an ommatophore; so ophthalˈmophorousa., eye-bearing, or pertaining to an ophthalmophore. ‖ ophthalˈmophthisisPath.[mod.L.: see phthisis], ‘wasting or shrivelling of the eyeball’ (Syd. Soc.Lex.). ophˈthalmoˌplastySurg.[Gr. πλαστός fashioned], ‘the application of an artificial eye’ (ibid.). ‖ ophthalmoˈplegiaPath.[mod.L., f.Gr. πληγή stroke], ophˈthalmoplegy, ‘paralysis of one or more of the muscles of the eye’ (Syd. Soc.Lex.); hence ophthalmoˈplegica.ophˈthalmostat[Gr. στατός standing], an instrument for holding the eyeball in a fixed position for an operation. ophthalˈmotomyAnat. and Surg.[Gr. τοµή cutting], the dissection, or the excision, of the eye (Dunglison Med.Lex., 1842). ophˌthalmotoˈnometer[Gr. τόνος stretching, tension; µέτρον measure], an instrument for measuring the tension of the eyeball; so ophˌthalmotoˈnometry, the measurement of this. ophˈthalmotrope[Gr. τρόπος turning], an instrument devised to measure the muscular shortening in strabismus; also an apparatus for rendering manifest ocular movements. ophˌthalmotroˈpometer, an instrument for measuring the lateral movements of the eye.Other compounds, given in the medical dictionaries, in which ophthalmo- ‘of’ or ‘for the eye’, ‘eye-’, is prefixed to known words, are ophˌthalmo-dynaˈmometer, ophthalmo-melaˈnosis, ophthalmo-ˈmicroscope, ophthalmo-myˈotomy, ophthalmo-noˈsology, ophthalmo-paˈralysis, ophthalmo-phleˈbotomy, ophthalmo-spasm, ophthalmo-theraˈpeutics, ophthalmo-ˈtherapy, ophthalmo-xyster.1842Dunglison Med.Lex., *Ophthalmoblennorrhœa.1846Day tr.Simon's Anim.Chem. II. 80 The mucus in ophthalmoblennorrhœa..is of a deep yellow colour.1842Dunglison, *Ophthalmo-carcinoma,..*Ophthalmocele.1875Knight Dict.Mech., *Ophthalmodiastimeter, an instrument contrived by Landsberg, a Hanoverian optician,..for adjusting the optical axes of lenses to the axis of vision.1713Derham Phys.Theol. (1727) 87 note, That accurate Surveyor of the Eye, Dr. Briggs, whose *Ophthalmography I have met with since penning this part of my Survey. [W. Briggs Ophthalmographia, sive Oculi, ejusque Partium descriptio anatomica, 1676.]1896Natural Sci. VIII. 340 [G. A. Boulenger] has, too, for the first time, utilized the development or want of an *ophthalmophorous shelf to the second suborbital as a family character.1853Dunglison Med.Lex., *Ophthalmophthisis.1842Ibid., *Ophthalmoplegia.1848Craig, *Ophthalmoplegy.1875H. Walton Dis. Eye 185 Paralysis of the orbital muscle, ophthalmoplegia.1899Allbutt's Syst.Med. VI. 893 In the etiology of chronic ophthalmoplegia.Ibid. VII. 380 Accompanied by *ophthalmoplegic symptoms.1857Mayne Expos.Lex., An *ophthalmostate.1876Catal.Sci.App. S. Kens. 552 *Ophthalmotropometer. An apparatus for determining the movements to right and left of each eye.
ophthalmo-
before vowels ophthalm-, word-forming element meaning "eye," mostly in plural, "the eyes," from Greek ophthalmo-, comb. form of ophthalmos "eye," originally "the seeing," of uncertain origin. Perhaps from ops "eye" (see optic) + a form related to thalamos "inner room, chamber" (see thalamus), giving the whole a sense of "eye and eye socket."
ophthalmo-/ɒfˈθalməʊ/combining form of Greek ophthalmos eye: see -o-. Before a vowel ophthalm-.
ophthalmo- combining form see ophthalm-
ophthalmo-
Prefix
Of or relating to eyes.
Etymology
From Ancient Greekὀφθαλμός(ophthalmós, “eye”).
Synonyms
oculo-
Related terms
ophthalmologist
ophthalmology
ophthalmoparesis
ophthalmoplegia
ophthalmoscope
ophthalmoscopy
References
ophthalmology in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911