Optometry

DEFINITION of Optometry

Optometry is a healthcare practice focused on examining eyes for visual defects, prescribing corrective lenses, and detecting eye abnormalities. Optometrists are healthcare providers who examine, diagnose, treat, and manage diseases and disorders of the eye and visual system, including performing vision tests and prescribing corrective lenses.

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ETYMOLOGY of Optometry

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• Opto- (Combining Form): Derived from the Ancient Greek optos, meaning “seen” or “visible”. This root is related to -opsis (“view” or “sight”) and ophthalmos (“eye”). It traces further back to the Proto-Indo-European root okw-, meaning “to see”.
• -metry (Suffix): Derived from the Ancient Greek metria, meaning “a measuring of”. This comes from metron (“measure”), which stems from the PIE root me-, meaning “to measure”.

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RELATED TERMS to Optometry

Term	Meaning	Prefix/Suffix?	Notes
Optometry	professional practice of measuring vision & prescribing corrective lenses	-	-
ophthalmologist	MD/DO who provides full medical & surgical eye care	ophthalm-	-
myopia	Nearsightedness	op-, myo-, -pia	difficulty seeing far away
hyperopia	Farsightedness	hyper-, -ia	difficulty seeing up close

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DERIVATIONS of Optometry

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Med roots dictionary Appendix A Prefixes Appendix B Combining Forms Appendix C Suffixes Appendix D Suffix forms