optometryn.
/ɒpˈtɒmᵻtri/, U.S. /ɑpˈtɑmətri/ Ophthalmology.
The measurement of vision; the use of an optometer; spec. the occupation concerned with the measurement of the refractive power of the eyes and the prescription of corrective lenses.
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1874 Med. & Surg. Reporter 28 Feb. 189 Dr. Knapp read an able paper on optometry.
1886 C. M. Culver tr. E. Landolt Refraction & Accomm. of Eye iii. 259 One important matter to consider is the point of the retina to be chosen in optometry.
1903 Optical Jrnl. Nov. 658 Kindly let me know..if there is any law in New York State governing ‘optometry’.
1923 R. Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics IV. 287/1 Optometry is a term sometimes applied to all ocular methods of estimating the refraction of the eye. We confine the application here to that generally accepted in Europe, i.e. to instruments where an adjustment of lenses is made by the patient in order to obtain the image of an object.
1972 M. Kline Math. Thought xxvi. 617 Under optics he included dioptrics and even optometry, catoptrics, and perspective.
2002 Ophthalmic & Physiol. Optics 22 333 Information leaflets were obtained from 12 optometry practices and four internet-based resources.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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