| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| optometry |
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| SYLLABICATION: | op·tom·e·try |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   p-tm  -tr |
| NOUN: | The practice or profession of an optometrist. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Greek optos, visible; see okw- in Appendix I + –metry. | | OTHER FORMS: | op to·metric (pt -m trk) , opto·metri·cal (-r-kl) —ADJECTIVE
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