optometrist
noun
op·tom·e·trist
äp-ˈtä-mə-trist 
: a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist, optician
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Ever since, there have been similar conflicts too numerous to list, such as psychologists vs. psychiatrists over the right to prescribe drugs, optometrists vs. opticians over eye treatment — and even veterinarians vs. dog groomers over who could legally brush a dog’s teeth.
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
The exhaustingly prolific Kidman stars as a fastidious suburban teacher/wife/mom who suspects her optometrist hubby (Macfadyen) is hiding something from her and enlists the help of a cute high school shop teacher (Bernal) to expose those secrets in the very strange town of Holland, Michigan.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
She’s held a number of jobs while in school–like a work study role doing marketing and communications for NLU, working at a physical therapy office, an optometrist’s, and an advertising agency.
—Aimée Eubanks Davis, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
He is joined by James A. Begun, a retired optometrist who was Rosenthal’s first grandchild.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2025
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
The exhaustingly prolific Kidman stars as a fastidious suburban teacher/wife/mom who suspects her optometrist hubby (Macfadyen) is hiding something from her and enlists the help of a cute high school shop teacher (Bernal) to expose those secrets in the very strange town of Holland, Michigan.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
She’s held a number of jobs while in school–like a work study role doing marketing and communications for NLU, working at a physical therapy office, an optometrist’s, and an advertising agency.
—Aimée Eubanks Davis, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
He is joined by James A. Begun, a retired optometrist who was Rosenthal’s first grandchild.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 1 Apr. 2025
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“Optometrist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/optometrist. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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optometrist
noun
op·tom·e·trist
äp-ˈtäm-ə-trəst
: a specialist licensed in optometry compare ophthalmologist, optician sense 2
Medical Definition
optometrist
noun
op·tom·e·trist
äp-ˈtäm-ə-trəst
: a specialist licensed to practice optometry compare ophthalmologist, optician sense 2
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