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Optometrist - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Optometrist : (noun)
1: a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order
to prescribe corrective glasses [syn: oculist]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Optometrist : \Op*tom"e*trist\, n.
One who is skilled in or practices optometry.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Optometrist : Optometrist: A health care professional who is licensed to provide primary rehabilitation and medications as well as perform minor surgical procedures such as the removal of foreign
bodies.
An optometrist is a Doctor of Optometry, an O.D. (not to be confused with a Doctor of Medicine, an M.D.). To become an optometrist, one must complete pre-professional undergraduate college education
followed by 4 years of professional education in a college of optometry. Some optometrists also do a residency.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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