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optometry.
[f. optometer: see -metry.]
The measurement of the visual powers; the use and application of the optometer; also, the occupation concerned with the measurement of the refractive power of the eyes and the prescription of corrective lenses.
1886C. M. Culver tr. Landolt's Refraction & Accomm. of Eye iii. 259 One important matter to consider is the point of the retina to be chosen in optometry. 1903Optical Jrnl. Nov. 658 Kindly let me know..if there is any law in New York State governing ‘optometry’. 1923Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics IV. 287/1 Optometry is a term sometimes applied to all ocular methods of estimating the refraction of the eye. We confine the application here to that generally accepted in Europe, i.e. to instruments where an adjustment of lenses is made by the patient in order to obtain the image of an object. 1948H. W. Hofstetter (title) Optometry: professional, economic and legal aspects. 1971Optometry Today (Amer. Optometric Assoc.) 15 One such program, which the profession of optometry has encouraged..is the Model Reporting Area for Blindness.
Hence optoˈmetric, -ical adjs., of or pertaining to optometry; optoˈmetrically adv., by means of optometry; opˈtometrist (chiefly U.S.), one who practises optometry; an ophthalmic optician.
1864W. D. Moore tr. Donders' Anomalies Accomm. & Refraction of Eye i. 71 It was extremely important to see how far these results of measurement and calculation agreed with those of the simple optometrical investigation in the same persons. Ibid. (heading) Comparison of R and P, deduced from measurements on the eye and optometrically determined. 1886C. M. Culver tr. Landolt's Refraction & Accomm. of Eye iii. 252 To determine this degree of the ametropia, we may use all the above-mentioned optometric methods. 1903Optical Jrnl. Oct. 558/2 The word ‘optometrist’..coined by Mr. Eberhardt [President of the American Association of Opticians], is a popular one, and likely to be adopted by the American Association at its Milwaukee Convention in 1904. 1923Glazebrook Dict. Appl. Physics IV. 287/2 This optometric system is the best if one can rely upon the accurate judgment of comparison by the patient. 1945Amer. Jrnl. Ophthalm. XXVIII. 669/1 It seems obvious that optometrists will continue to perform a large percentage of the refractions in America and will always be interested in matters that concern ophthalmologists also. 1957A. Huxley Let. 12 Jan. (1969) 815 The medical and optometrical lobby has gone to work in the various state legislatures. Ibid., What is happening in the US is that optometrists—a breed superior to opticians, in as much as they get a long training, but not fool [sic] blown oculists..are steadily adopting..Batesian procedures. 1965Amer. Jrnl. Optometry XLII. 50 Optometry has taken on a brighter public image in those areas where optometric educational institutions exist. 1971‘D. Shannon’ Murder with Love (1972) v. 79 Nearly every tenant..was a professional of some kind: doctors, dentists, optometrists. 1976Casper (Wyoming) Star-Tribune 29 June 6/1 Members voted to assist Dr. James Lane, an optometrist, with the Vision Day program on July 19. Children who will attend first grade in the fall are given a free eye examination to rule out serious problems with their vision. |
