optician

Definitions


[ɒpˈtɪʃn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person qualified to prescribe and dispense glasses and contact lenses, and to detect eye diseases (ophthalmic optician) or to make and supply glasses and contact lenses (dispensing optician)


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Origin:
late 17th century: from French opticien, from medieval Latin optica ‘optics’




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