optometry
noun
op·tom·e·try
äp-ˈtä-mə-trē 
: the health care profession concerned especially with examining the eye for defects and faults of refraction, with prescribing correctional lenses or eye exercises, with diagnosing diseases of the eye, and with treating such diseases or referring them for treatment
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The program will focus on areas of the health care field including dentistry, optometry, pharmacy, and other professional health care services, the district wrote in a news release.
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Samuel O’Neal 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
After that check was delivered to the state Department of Social Services office in Hartford, the audit into Zervas’ optometry practice was dropped, which prevented state auditors from combing through her records and potentially clawing back even more money for the state.
—Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
Chung runs an academic optometry clinic that works with local schools in Pomona.
—Kristen Hwang, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
The Sacramento Bee follows the style of the Associated Press, which guides writers to only use the honorific for individuals with medical-specific professional degrees, including doctors of medicine, dental surgery, optometry, osteopathic medicine, podiatry or veterinary medicine.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
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Samuel O’Neal 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
After that check was delivered to the state Department of Social Services office in Hartford, the audit into Zervas’ optometry practice was dropped, which prevented state auditors from combing through her records and potentially clawing back even more money for the state.
—Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2026
Chung runs an academic optometry clinic that works with local schools in Pomona.
—Kristen Hwang, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
The Sacramento Bee follows the style of the Associated Press, which guides writers to only use the honorific for individuals with medical-specific professional degrees, including doctors of medicine, dental surgery, optometry, osteopathic medicine, podiatry or veterinary medicine.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Optometry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/optometry. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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optometry
noun
op·tom·e·try
äp-ˈtäm-ə-trē
: the profession of examining the eyesight and prescribing corrective lenses or eye exercises to improve vision and of diagnosing and sometimes treating diseases of the eye
Medical Definition
optometry
noun
op·tom·e·try
-trē
plural optometries
: the health care profession concerned especially with examining the eye for defects and faults of refraction, with prescribing corrective lenses or eye exercises, with diagnosing diseases of the eye, and with treating such diseases or referring them for treatment
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