optometry
/ɒpˈtɒmɪtri
/noun [mass noun]
The occupation of measuring eyesight, prescribing corrective lenses, and detecting eye disease.Deriving from his specialised knowledge of optometry, this cylindrical lens imitates what happens in astigmatism....
- These fees affect students in a range of professional programs, including business, law, veterinary medicine, optometry, pharmacy and nursing.
- He also described the principles and method that created the basis for optometry and retinoscopy.
Derivatives
optometric
/ adjective ...- The siting of digital cameras in community optometric practices provides accessibility and flexibility of appointment times for patients, rapid communication of screening results, and an opportunity for patient education.
- They'll also receive medical, dental and optometric assessment and treatment.
- Putting optometric clinics in schools might generate bigger academic gains than many educational reforms we spend so much energy disputing.
Rhymes
- photoenzymatic
- photoenzymatically
- photoenzyme
- photoequilibrium
- photoessay
- photo-etch
- photo-etched
- photo-etcher
- photo-etching
- photoexcitation
- photoexcite
- photoexcited
- photofabrication
- photo-filigrane
- photo finish
- photofinisher
- photofinishing
- photofission
- photofit
- photoflash
- photoflood
- photofluorogram
- photofluorograph
- photofluorographic
- photofluorographically