Definitions for optometrist
ɒpˈtɒm ɪ trɪstop·tometrist

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1. optometrist, oculistnoun

   a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses

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1. Optometristnoun

   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.

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1. optometristnoun

   a person trained and skilled in examining and testing the eyes for defects, in order to prescribe corrective lenses or treatment

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1. optometrist

   Optometry is a specialized health care profession that involves examining the eyes and related structures for defects or abnormalities. Optometrists are health care professionals who typically provide comprehensive primary eye care. In the United States and Canada, optometrists are those that hold a Doctor of Optometry degree. They are trained and licensed to practice medicine for eye related conditions, in addition to providing refractive (optical) eye care. In the United Kingdom, optometrists may also practice medicine (and provide refractive care) for eye related conditions. The Doctor of Optometry title can also be used in the UK for those that hold the postgraduate O.D. degree. Within their scope of practice, optometrists are considered physicians and bill medical insurance(s) (example: Medicare) accordingly. Moreover, many participate in academic research for eye related conditions and disease. Optometrists are the only health care professionals with a first professional degree specific to eye care; ophthalmologists are physicians who typically hold a four-year college degree, a medical degree, and at least three years of residency training after medical school, obviating the need for an eye-specific degree.

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1. optometrist

   An optometrist is a healthcare professional who is trained and licensed to provide primary eye care services. These include eye examinations to diagnose vision problems and eye diseases, prescribing corrective lenses or glasses, providing treatments for certain eye disorders, and in some areas, they can also perform minor surgical procedures. Optometrists are not medical doctors, but they hold a doctor of optometry (OD) degree.

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1. Optometrist

   An Optometrist is a person who is trained to prescribe lenses that will improve the patient's eye sight.

   I went to have my eyes checked by an Optometrist and got glasses.

   
   

   Submitted by JP03 on September 2, 2014  

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How to pronounce optometrist?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of optometrist in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of optometrist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of optometrist in a Sentence

1. Dan Dormer:

   It’s almost like you went for your eye exam and the optometrist is asking: ‘Better one or better two?’ and helping you hone in to what the 20/20 vision is for your glasses, this is something where it has been an evolutionary process of trying to figure out who are those best players.

2. Shauna Lynch:

   Jane Austen was writing letters, in Jane Austen usual quite tiny handwriting, up to May 1817, two months before Jane Austen death. ... For this reason it seems unlikely that Jane Austen was as close to blind as the optometrist quoted on the British Library blog site suggests.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=optometrist
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=optometrist
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Optometrist
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optometrist
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=optometrist