aurist
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of aurist
Example Sentences
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And an aurist wastes time, and most likely blunders, when he applies himself to treat eye-diseases.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella
You must be an aurist when you come to the ear.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 369, July 1846 by Various
In civil life this officer, a colonel of volunteers, had been an aurist of some note and the physician in attendance in a deaf-and-dumb asylum.
From The Storm Centre by Murfree, Mary Noailles
A year after her illness Mr. Covington heard of an aurist in Germany who had a European reputation, and he and Mrs. Covington took Hilda over to him.
From The Lost Heir by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
Neil Jamieson Hepburn, born in Orkney in 1846, oculist and aurist, held many positions of responsibility.
From Scotland's Mark on America by Black, George Fraser
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