OPTICIAN Definition & Meaning

optician

[op-tish-uhn]

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a person who makes or sells eyeglasses and, usually, contact lenses, for remedying defects of vision in accordance with the prescriptions of ophthalmologists and optometrists.
a maker or seller of optical glass and instruments.

optician

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1. Also called: optometrist.��a general name used to refer to an ophthalmic optician, a person qualified to examine the eyes and prescribe and supply spectacles and contact lenses
2. a general name used to refer to a dispensing optician, a person who supplies and fits spectacle frames but is not qualified to prescribe lenses

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1670–80; from French opticien, from Medieval Latin optic(a) ( optics ) + French -ien -ian

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He had started to experience double vision in 2023 and saw an optician, who assured him it was normal for someone his age.

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He called for it to be made compulsory for opticians to check a person's eyesight once they turned 70.

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Mr Brown said he had visited the opticians when his sight began to fade and was referred to a specialist at the Leicester Royal Infirmary.

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He lists several nearby businesses - including a petrol station, a gym, a beautician and an optician – which he says will not reopen.

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So it's really important that you go to the optician and you get your eyesight checked regularly.

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