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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