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Ophthalmology

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases
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Stage 1 of 2
ophthalmos
Greek · ancient
"the eye"
the eye, combined with logos (study)
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Stage 2 of 2
ophthalmology
English · 1800s
"the study of the eye and its diseases"
coined for the medical study of the eye
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