Definition of "optometrist" []

• A person who is professionally trained and licensed to examine the eyes for visual defects, diagnose problems or impairments, and prescribe corrective lenses or provide other types of treatment. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Wednesday night I took out my contacts, put the right one on the edge of its holder and sawed it into strips by the screw-thread top, so Thursday had to call my optometrist for a new set."
• "Apparently, one would only have to call the optometrist and s/he will come to you to take care of all of your optometric needs."
• "He called the optometrist's office and was told the difference was being kept by the practice as a credit toward future visits."