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OPTOMETRY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The practice of an optometrist
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("optometry" is a kind of...):
practice (the exercise of a profession)
Derivation:
optometrist (a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses)