pleoptics

ple·op·tics

[plee-op-tiks]
noun ( used with a singular verb ) Ophthalmology.
the practice of treating the vision defect amblyopia.

Origin:
< German Pleoptik (1953), equivalent to ple(o)- pleo- + Optik optics

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