orthopticsn.
/ɔːˈθɒptɪks/, U.S. /ɔrˈθɑptɪks/ Ophthalmology.
The diagnosis and non-surgical treatment, chiefly by means of exercises for the eye muscles, of disorders of binocular vision, esp. strabismus and amblyopia.
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1934 Brit. Jrnl. Ophthalmol. 18 429 The first examination in Orthoptics to be held in London will take place on July 3rd and 4th, at the Royal Westminster Ophthalmic Hospital.
1957 New Scientist 9 May 38/2 Many opticians nowadays have specialised in orthoptics..and it is now included in the training of all ophthalmic students.
1957 A. Huxley Let. 12 Jan. (1969) 815 Optometrists..are steadily adopting more and more the Batesian procedures into their system of ‘orthoptics’.
1963 Arch. Ophthalmol. 70 117/1 177 cases of accommodative strabismus..had been discharged as orthoptically satisfactory after treatment with glasses or miotics alone, or in combination with orthoptics and surgery.
1989 Jrnl. Econ. Lit. 27 489/2 Vision care benefits provide a variety of services to plan participants that are not usually covered by regular health insurance plans, such as eye examinations, eye-glasses, contact lenses, and orthoptics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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