| NOUN | person | oculist, optometrist | a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses |
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| person | oculist, ophthalmologist, eye doctor | a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye |
| Meaning | A person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses. | |
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| Synonym | optometrist | |
| Broader | specialist, specializer, specialiser | An expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning |
| Spanish | oculista, optómetra, optometrista | |
| Catalan | oculista, optometrista | |
| Nouns | oculus | the organ of sight |
| Meaning | A medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye. | |
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| Synonyms | ophthalmologist, eye doctor | |
| Instances | Snellen, Hermann Snellen | Dutch ophthalmologist who introduced the Snellen chart to study visual acuity (1834-1908) |
| Broader | specialist, medical specialist | practices one branch of medicine |
| Spanish | oculista, oftalmóloga, oftalmólogo | |
| Catalan | oculista, oftalmòleg, oftalmologista | |
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