ophthalmoscopy
noun
ophthalmoscopy is a noun meaning “Examination of the eye with an ophthalmoscope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled O-P-H-T-H-A-L-M-O-S-C-O-P-Y, and it appears about once in every 68 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of ophthalmoscopy is ophthalmoscopies.
What does ophthalmoscopy mean?
noun
- 1
Examination of the eye with an ophthalmoscope.
- 2
The design, construction and use of ophthalmoscopes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of ophthalmoscopy
- ophthalmoscopies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is ophthalmoscopy?
Ophthalmoscopy appears about once in every 68 million words in written English, the 258,950th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Ophthalmoscopy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense examination of the eye:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | ophtalmoscopie |
| German | Ophthalmoskopie |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does ophthalmoscopy come from?
From ophthalmo- + -scopy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).