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Vision specialist
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optometrist
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Word definitions for optometrist in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1903; see optometry + -ist .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses [syn: oculist ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Optometrist \Op*tom"e*trist\, n. One who is skilled in or practices optometry, especially one who examines the eyes for defects in vision and prescribes the proper lenses to correct any defects discovered.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ An ophthalmic optician or optometrist tests for and prescribes glasses and can diagnose eye conditions, but doesn't treat eye diseases. ▪ Eleven optometrists working in 15 different locations were visited and interviewed with ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. a person trained and skilled in examining and testing the eyes for defects, in order to prescribe corrective lenses or treatment
Usage examples of optometrist.
TV executives found it a nuisance and sometimes a dilemma when asked an almost identical question by a succession of people-friends, relatives, business contacts, politicos, doctors, dentists, optometrists, stockbrokers, guests at parties, a list ad infinitum.
Trout was talking to a Maggie White, who had given up being a dental assistant to become a homemaker for an optometrist.
Hambleton, retired (and how) optometrist from El Centro, and meet again the new style in neckwear.