noun. The branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders of the eye.

noun. That branch of science which deals with the eye, its anatomy and functions, in health and disease.

noun. The science which treats of the structure, functions, and diseases of the eye.

noun. The anatomy, functions, pathology, and treatment of the eye.

noun. the branch of medicine concerned with the eye and its diseases

""This technology is used in ophthalmology right now, but you can use this in kidney transplantations, too," said Jeremiah Wierwille, a PhD student in the Fischell Department of Bioengineering at the University of Maryland."

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