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The medical specialty that stares into your eyes and bills you more than therapy ever will.
means The branch of medicine devoted to diagnosing and treating diseases and disorders of the eye.
from From Greek 'ophthalmos' (eye) plus '-logia' (study of). The tricky 'phth' cluster is pure Greek — a reminder of why the word trips up so many spellers; it entered English scientific vocabulary as scholars coined Greek-rooted terms for medical specialties.
- not optometry
- these doctors do surgery, not just lens prescriptions
- training length
- four years med school plus four years residency minimum
- ancient roots
- cataract surgery dates back to ancient india
- competitive match
- one of the hardest residencies to land in medicine