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Oculist

noun

A person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses. Synonym: optometrist.

A medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the eye. Synonyms: eye doctor, ophthalmologist.

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"Oculist" Quotes from Famous Books

... "providential" in the fact that it was reserved for the author of "An Egyptian Princess" to bestow the gift of this manuscript upon the scientific world. Among the characters in the novel the reader will meet an oculist from Sais, who wrote a book upon the diseases of the visual organs. The fate of this valuable work exactly agrees with the course of the narrative. The papyrus scroll of the Sais oculist, which a short time ago existed only ...

— Uarda • Georg Ebers

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Words linked to "Oculist" : oculus, Hermann Snellen, medical specialist, specialist, ophthalmologist, specialiser, eye doctor, Snellen, specializer