Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Ophthalmic \Oph*thal"mic\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. ophthalmique. See
   {Ophthalmia}.] (Anat.)
   Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the eye; ocular; as
   the ophthalmic, or orbitonasal, nerve, a division of the
   trigeminal, which gives branches to the lachrymal gland,
   eyelids, nose, and forehead.

   {Ophthalmic region} (Zo["o]l.), the space around the eyes.