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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

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

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

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

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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