Ophthalmic etymology.
The foregoing selection of terms is but a small component of our expansive current ophthalmic vocabulary. It serves, nonetheless, as an interesting example of the role played by other languages in the formation of today's ophthalmic lexicon. To the credit of our medical forefathers and their creativity, an awareness of the etymologic basis of the words which we used daily in ophthalmology can be both entertaining and enlightening.
Myles
W M
WM
Department of Ophthalmology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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