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Many of them were made by an ocularist in Germany that specialized in making prostheses for human beings.
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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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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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“Ocularist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ocularist. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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ocularist
noun
oc·u·lar·ist
ˈäk-yə-lə-rəst 
: a person who makes and fits artificial eyes
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