optometristnoun [ C ]
uk/ɒpˈtɒm.ə.trɪst/us/ɑːpˈtɑː.mə.trɪst/US UK opticiansomeone whose job is examining people's eyes and selling glasses or contact lenses to correct sight problems
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Eyesight, glasses & lenses
- (as) blind as a bat idiom
- 20/20 vision
- age-related macular degeneration
- AMD
- Balint's syndrome
- blepharospasm
- blind side
- blindly
- cataract
- ciliary
- cross-eyed
- dispensing optician
- horn-rimmed
- lorgnette
- nearsighted
- ophthalmologist
- safety glasses
- sightless
- spectacle
- twenty-twenty vision
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noun [ U ] uk/ɒpˈtɒm.ə.tri/us/ɑːpˈtɑː.mə.tri/mainly US