optometry

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Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der.

Ancient Greek ὄπωπᾰ (ópōpă)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Hellenic *-tós

Ancient Greek -τός (-tós)

Ancient Greek ὀπτός (optós)der.

English opto-

Proto-Indo-European *med-

Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Hellenic *-tron

Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)

Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría)der.

Latin -metriader.

Old French -métrieder.

English -metry

English optometry

From opto- + -metry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɒpˈtɒmɪtri/

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Noun

optometry (uncountable)

1. The art and science of vision and eye care.

Derived terms

• optometric
• optometrical
• optometrist

Translations

art and science of vision and eye care

• Catalan: optometria f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 視光學 / 视光学 (shìguāngxué)

• Czech: optometrie f
• Finnish: optometria (fi)
• French: optométrie (fr) f
• German: Optometrie (de) f, Augenheilkunde (de) f
• Greek: οπτομετρία (el) f (optometría)
• Indonesian: optometri (id)
• Irish: optaiméadracht f
• Japanese: 検眼 (ja) (けんがん, kengan)
• Malay: optometri
• Māori: mātai whatu
• Polish: optometria (pl) f
• Romanian: optometrie (ro) f
• Russian: оптометри́я (ru) f (optometríja)
• Spanish: optometría (es) f

See also

• ophthalmology
• O.D.

Anagrams

• potometry, topometry