"optometry" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-optometry.wav [US]
Etymology: opto- + -metry Etymology templates: {{confix|en|opto|metry}} opto- + -metry Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} optometry (uncountable)
  1. The art and science of vision and eye care. Wikipedia link: optometry Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Vision Derived forms: optometric, optometrical, optometrist Related terms: ophthalmology, O.D. Translations (art and science of vision and eye care): 驗光 (Chinese Mandarin), 验光 (yànguāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 視光學 (Chinese Mandarin), 视光学 (shìguāngxué) (Chinese Mandarin), optometrie [feminine] (Czech), optometria (Finnish), optométrie [feminine] (French), Optometrie [feminine] (German), Augenheilkunde [feminine] (German), οπτομετρία (optometría) [feminine] (Greek), optaiméadracht [feminine] (Irish), 検眼 (kengan) (alt: けんがん) (Japanese), mātai whatu (Maori), optometrie [feminine] (Romanian), оптометри́я (optometríja) [feminine] (Russian), optometría [feminine] (Spanish)

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