ocularist

noun

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oc·u·lar·ist | \ ˈä-kyə-lə-rist

Definition of ocularist

: a person who makes and fits artificial eyes

Examples of ocularist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Many of them were made by an ocularist in Germany that specialized in making prostheses for human beings. — Hannah Foster, New York Times, 21 Feb. 2018 The procedure is actually called enucleation, and ocularist is the correct way to categorize this specialist. — Elizabeth Narins, Cosmopolitan, 8 Jan. 2018 These ocular prostheses are made by ocularists, professionals who are trained in both the fabrication and fitting of the prostheses. — Christopher Wanjek, Fox News, 17 May 2017 The average area available inside a prosthetic eye for an imaging sensor is only about 8 square mm, explains Phil Bowen, an ocularist who is working with Spence. — Priya Ganapati, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2008

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