optician

American  

[op-tish-uhn] / ɒpˈtɪʃ ən /

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.

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optician British  

/ ɒpˈtɪʃən /

noun

1. Compare ophthalmologist

   1. 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

   2. 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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Related Words

See eye doctor.

Etymology

Origin of optician

1670–80; from French opticien, from Medieval Latin optic(a) ( optics ) + French -ien -ian

Example Sentences

Another project being led by the University of Edinburgh is developing an AI tool which could be used by opticians to spot the early signs of dementia, by analysing photographs of the retina.

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After visiting an optician who identified a problem with his optic nerve and referred him to a neurologist, George received an MRI and lumbar puncture which confirmed his MS diagnosis in March 2022.

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The optician next door to us, a silent, withdrawn individual, came over and taped the top of our display window where Betsie and I could not reach.

From Literature

A jury heard Baird, who worked at an opticians, left a note to her family which said a "dark cloud" was over her.

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"I remember being in Ponty in the opticians and people were saying 'are you filming with that Colin Firth?' and I was like 'sort of yeah'," she told Lewis in January.

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