optician
optician A person who makes or deals in optical instruments, including spectacles. A dispensing optician makes up and dispenses spectacles and other corrective lenses. An ophthalmic optician measures several aspects of vision, in particular the refractive power of the eyes, and provides spectacles with lenses to correct refractive errors. The word ‘optician’ is becoming obsolete, being replaced by the American term, optometrist.
See optometry; refractive errors; spectacle.
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See optometry; refractive errors; spectacle.
optician
op·ti·cian / äpˈtishən/ • n. a person qualified to make and supply eyeglasses and contact lenses for correction of vision. ∎ rare a person who makes or sells optical instruments.
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