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noun
1.
a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists.
2.
a maker or seller of optical glass and instruments.
Can be confused: eye doctor, ophthalmologist, optician, optometrist (see synonym note at eye doctor).
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| optician (ɒpˈtɪʃən) | |
| —n | |
| Compare ophthalmologist | |
| a. Also called: optometrist a general name used to refer to an ophthalmic optician, a person qualified to examine the eyes and prescribe and supply spectacles and contact lenses | |
| b. a general name used to refer to a dispensing optician, a person who supplies and fits spectacle frames but is not qualified to prescribe lenses | |
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Medical Dictionary
optician op·ti·cian (ŏp-tĭsh'ən)
n.
A person who practices opticianry.
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