dispensing optician
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dispensing optician
▶noun Brit. an optician who is qualified to prescribe and dispense as well as to make glasses and contact lenses.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
optician/ɒpˈtɪʃn/
▶noun Brit. a person qualified to prescribe and dispense glasses and contact lenses, and to detect eye diseases (ophthalmic optician), or to make and supply glasses and contact lenses (dispensing optician).
■ US a dispensing optician.
– origin C17: from Fr. opticien.
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