optic
adjective/ˈɒptɪk/
/ˈɑːptɪk/
[usually before noun] (specialist)- connected with the eye or the sense of sight
- the optic nerve (= from the eye to the brain)
Oxford Collocations DictionaryOptic is used with these nouns:- nerve
Word Originlate Middle English: from French optique or medieval Latin opticus, from Greek optikos, from optos ‘seen’.Want to learn more?
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