Definition of "ophthalmy" [oph•thal•my]

• Archaic form of ophthalmia. (noun)

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• "It is a good thing in ophthalmy for the patient to be seized with diarrhoea."
• "A great many pilgrims visit the churches of the Crosiers during the octave of St. Odilia's feast (18 July), in order to obtain her protection, and to be cured from ophthalmy, and water blessed in honor of St. Odilia is sent on request by the Crosiers all over the world."
• "It was here that St. Sophronius of Jerusalem was healed of an ophthalmy that had been declared incurable by the physicians"