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DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Doctor of Optometry mean?
• DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY (noun)
The noun DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY has 1 sense:
1. a doctor's degree in optometry
Familiarity information: DOCTOR OF OPTOMETRY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A doctor's degree in optometry
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Doctor of Optometry; OD
Hypernyms ("Doctor of Optometry" is a kind of...):
doctor's degree; doctorate (one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university)
Context examples
The Doctor of Optometry degree is the first-professional, postgraduate degree awarded to the graduates who have completed a specialized four year post-baccalaureate professional program in order to become independent health care providers who examine, diagnose, treat, and manage disorders of the visual systems and diseases of the eye and associated structures.
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