Synonyms for oculist
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ok-yuh-list |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒk yə lɪst |
Définition of oculist
Origin :- "eye doctor," 1610s, from French oculiste (16c.), from Latin oculus "an eye" (see eye (n.)).
- As in eye doctor : noun medical doctor specializing in eyes
- The oculist from whom you obtained your lenses will tell you their magnifying power.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, July 20, 1880 » by Various
- Eleven came, and with it the oculist, and by luncheon time I had a second blue eye!
- Extract from : « Man and Maid » by Elinor Glyn
- He spent a miserable night, and went next day to Louvain, to see the oculist.
- Extract from : « The Martian » by George Du Maurier
- The oculist turned to us with an expression of acute interest.
- Extract from : « The Mystery of the Green Ray » by William Le Queux
- And then the oculist suggested that we should have a look at Sholto.
- Extract from : « The Mystery of the Green Ray » by William Le Queux
- She had been to an oculist, who found that the trouble was in her eyes.
- Extract from : « Over the Teacups » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- Dentists are a factor of Zion City, and it is said he also used an oculist.
- Extract from : « Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing » by George Barton Cutten
- The oculist then studies the length of the eye and the muscle of accommodation.
- Extract from : « Civics and Health » by William H. Allen
- Among wonderful things is a sore-eyed man who is an oculist.
- Extract from : « Book of Wise Sayings » by W. A. Clouston
- The remedy then is to consult an oculist and get a pair of cylindrical eyeglasses.
- Extract from : « Pleasures of the telescope » by Garrett Serviss
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