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optician
[ op-tish-uhn ]
noun
- 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
/ ɒpˈtɪʃən /
noun
- Compare ophthalmologist
- Also calledoptometrist 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
- 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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So does Burgos, an optician and part owner of a murder mystery theater company.
But after an optician spotted a swelling behind her eyes she was immediately referred to hospital where she was diagnosed with a right frontal lobe glioma.
Burgos, a resident of North Hollywood, is a licensed optician — she describes herself as an essential healthcare worker — and co-owner of a murder mystery theater company called Dainty Dames Events.
But the photos Luna was posting were actually photos of German fashion influencer Debbie Nederlof, a single mother and trained optician in Trier, Germany.
A four-year-old boy was taken to the opticians when his eye started to flicker - only for his parents to be told he had developed a brain tumour.
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