Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
of or relating to the eye;
- Example: "ophthalmic defect"2.
of or relating to ophthalmology;
- Example: "ophthalmic surgery"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ophthalmic \Oph*thal"mic\ ([o^]f*th[a^]l"m[i^]k; 277), a. [Gr.
'ofqalmiko`s: cf. F. ophthalmique. See Ophthalmia.] (Anat.)
Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the eye; ocular; as
the ophthalmic, or orbitonasal, nerve, a division of the
trigeminal, which gives branches to the lachrymal gland,
eyelids, nose, and forehead.
[1913 Webster]
Ophthalmic region (Zool.), the space around the eyes.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ophthalmic
adj 1: of or relating to the eye; "ophthalmic defect"
2: of or relating to ophthalmology; "ophthalmic surgery"