Akademik

Optician
A specialist in fitting eyeglasses and making lenses to correct vision problems. An optometrist performs eye examinations and writes prescriptions for corrective lenses; an optician fills that prescription.
* * *
One who practices opticianry.

* * *

op·ti·cian äp-'tish-ən n
1) a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments
2) a person who reads prescriptions for visual correction, orders lenses, and dispenses eyeglasses and contact lenses compare OPHTHALMOLOGIST, OPTOMETRIST

* * *

n.
a person who either makes and fits glasses (dispensing optician) or who can both test people for glasses and dispense glasses (ophthalmic optician or optometrist).

* * *

op·ti·cian (op-tishґən) an expert in opticianry.

Medical dictionary. 2011.