Ophthalmography

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A method used to produce detailed images or photographs of the eye and its structures
2. A process involving capturing visual representations of the eye to study its anatomy or conditions
3. A specialized imaging technique applied to the eye to record its features for medical analysis

Etymology: Ophthalmography is a plain technical compound, built from the combining form "ophthalmo-", from Greek "ophthalmos" meaning "eye", and the suffix "-graphy", from Greek "graphia" meaning "writing" or "recording". Put together, the name describes recording the eye in pictures, much as "photography" means writing with light. Its parts are old Greek, but the compound itself is a modern scientific coinage, formed by joining these elements in the way physicians and researchers have long built names for new imaging techniques.