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Where does the word "ophthalmology" come from? It comes from Greek ophthalmos, and was adopted directly into English (1800s).
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Where does the word "ophthalmology" come from? It comes from Greek ophthalmos, and was adopted directly into English (1800s).
Ophthalmology’s story begins in Greek: ophthalmos meant “the eye.” The eye, combined with logos (study). It reached English by 1800s as ophthalmology. Coined for the medical study of the eye. Today, ophthalmology means the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases.
- Stage 1 · Greek · ancient ophthalmos "the eye", the eye, combined with logos (study).
- Stage 2 · English · 1800s ophthalmology "the study of the eye and its diseases", coined for the medical study of the eye.