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ocularist

British  
/ ˈɒkjʊlərɪst /

noun

  1. a person who makes artificial eyes

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Several companies have benefited from trade missions to its German partner, Karlsruhe, including ocularist John Pacey-Lowrie, who exports acrylic, prosthetic eyes to Germany.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2013

The relationship between ocularist and patient is intimate, he says.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2012

The senior ocularist at Moorfields Eye hospital, Peter Coggins, went to art college but rebelled against the intellectualised language of conceptual art.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2012

A false eye maker is known as an ocularist, and ocularists are possibly the world's most practical artists.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2012

With a friend, Lisa Skowron, a Lake Zurich ocularist who creates prosthetic eyes, painted several rows of white teardrops against a light blue backdrop.

From Chicago Tribune Jul. 1, 2011

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