ophthalmologist:
(plural: ‘ophthalmologists‘; pronunciation: the letters ‘ph’ are said with an ‘f’ sound as in “find”, the letter ‘g’ is said with a ‘j’ sound as “judge” — for the two different pronunciations of this word, please click here)
a medical doctor who cures the diseases of the eye;
an eye doctor,
an ophthalmologist at work
An ophthalmologist is first taught the structure of an eye before he/she is given lessons about the defects of an eye and how to treat them.
The ophthalmologist, optometrist and optician are the doctors who treats the diseases of the eye.
The modern day ophthalmologists depend more on the cutting edge technology, especially the computers, that make their sensitive job easy, especially when they have to deal with very young and very old patients who cannot explains clearly the problems they have with their eyes.
