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Webster 1913 Edition

(ŏf-thăl′mĭk; 277)

Adj.

[Gr.

ὀφθαλμικός

: cf. F.

ophthalmique

. See

(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

Ophthalmic region

(Zool.)

the space around the eyes.