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Morning pedants! Quick question-Ophthalmic or Opthalmic?

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waitingforgodot · 02/04/2009 10:07

I had written the latter however it came up in a Word spell check so looked in the online dictionary where both are listed!
How would you spell it?

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ingles2 · 02/04/2009 10:08

Opthalmic

HuwEdwards · 02/04/2009 10:08

the second one.

BecauseImWoeufit · 02/04/2009 10:08

Opthalmic. First option doesn't make sense to me or look right!

waitingforgodot · 02/04/2009 10:11

I can always count on my fellow pedants in a time of need. Merci x

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FruitLoaf · 02/04/2009 10:16

I know it looks odd, but in the UK is def ophthalmic - I have worked for an eye surgeon in the past, and although I am now almost totally without brain cells, I'm pretty confident I'm right . The other spelling is prob the American version...

waitingforgodot · 02/04/2009 10:19

Fruitloaf, you are right according to the Cambridge Dictionary online.

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JuxaLOTmoreChocolate · 02/04/2009 10:25

My very old dictionary of etymology gives

ophthalmia: from Greek ophthalmos (eye), so ophthalmic

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