Optometry

What do we mean by optometry?

The practice or profession of an optometrist. noun

The measurement of the range of vision. noun

The measurement of the visual powers in general (including the acuteness of the perception of form, of light, and of colors — eidoptometry, photoptometry, and chromatoptometry respectively), of the extent of the visual field (perioptometry), of the accommodative and refractive states of the eye (dioptometry), and of the position and movements of the eyeball. (ophthalmostatometry and ophthalmotropometry). noun

Measurement of the range of vision, esp. by means of the optometer. noun

As defined (with minor variations) in the statutes of various States of the United States noun

“The employment of subjective and objective mechanical means to determine the accomodative and refractive states of the eye and the scope of its function in general.” noun

“The employment of any means, other than the use of drugs, for the measurement of the powers of vision and adaptation of lenses for the aid thereof.” noun

The art and science of vision and eye care noun

The practice of an optometrist noun

The art and science of vision and eye care.

Words that are spelled similarly to optometry:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word optometry:
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Words that rhyme with optometry:
geometry, spectrometry, coordinate geometry, analytic geometry, solid geometry, hyperbolic geometry, projective geometry, analytical geometry, descriptive geometry, plane geometry, spherical geometry, elementary geometry, parabolic geometry.

Adjectives that are often used to describe optometry:
behavioral, clinical, pediatric, modern, practical, developmental, professional, syntonic, primary, pre, functional, dental, rehabilitative, medical, objective, occupational, international, psychiatric, behavioural, theoretic, contemporary.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective optometry:
act.

Words that sound like optometry:
optometry, optometer, optimity, optometric, optometrist, optimate, cytometry, spirometry, photometry, opportunity, automata, optimizer, optimally, audiometry, opisometer.