ophthalm-
bef. a vowel, = ophthalmo-: as in ‖ ophthalˈmalgia Path. [Gr. ἄλγος pain], pain in the eye; neuralgia of the eye-ball; hence ophthalˈmalgic a. ‖ ophthalmaˈtrophia, ophthalˈmatrophy Path. [Gr. ἀτροϕία atrophy], atrophy of the eye-ball; shrivelling or wasting of the eye.
| 1892 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |