ophthalmology

field of medicine treating eye disorders
Thing medical_specialty Q161437
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ophthalmology

Summary

ophthalmology is a medical specialty[1]. ophthalmology ranks in the top 5% of medical_specialty entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,504 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • ophthalmology's instance of is recorded as medical specialty[3].
  • ophthalmology's instance of is recorded as academic discipline[4].
  • ophthalmology is a type of medicine[5].
  • ophthalmology is a type of ophthalmology and optometry[6].
  • ophthalmology is part of ophthalmology and optometry[7].
  • ophthalmology's Commons category is recorded as Ophthalmology[8].
  • ophthalmology's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ophthalmology[9].
  • ophthalmology's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as healthcare:speciality=ophthalmology[10].
  • ophthalmology's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • ophthalmology's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • ophthalmology's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[13].
  • ophthalmology's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[14].
  • ophthalmology's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • ophthalmology's described by source is recorded as Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[16].
  • ophthalmology's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • ophthalmology's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[18].
  • ophthalmology's hashtag is recorded as ophthalmology[19].
  • ophthalmology's practiced by is recorded as ophthalmologist[20].
  • ophthalmology's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].
  • ophthalmology's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+10158'}[22].
  • ophthalmology's P10203 is recorded as 2731[23].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include medical specialty[3] and academic discipline[4]. Recorded subclass of include medicine[5] and ophthalmology and optometry[6].

Use and Application

ophthalmology is part of ophthalmology and optometry[7].

Why It Matters

ophthalmology ranks in the top 5% of medical_specialty entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,504 views/month).[2] ophthalmology has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] ophthalmology is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . All Science Journal Classification Codes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dewey decimal classification 617.7, 617
    Instance of
    Aliases
    Subclass of medicine, ophthalmology and optometry
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 7287, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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