On Thu, 6 Mar 2008 23:00:12 UTC, Lobster
wrote:

Dave Liquorice wrote:

(*) There are specific names for "opticians" depending on their
qualifications. They messed with them a number of years back I think the
one you really need is an "ophthalmologist" rather than an "optician" or
"dispensing optician".

No, it's an optician... an ophthalmolgist is a qualified doctor of
medicine who's gone on to specialise in eyes: you don't get many of
those guys on the high street peddling specs!

The two terms are, AFAIK:

Ophthalmic optician
Dispensing optician

And then the ophthalmologist in the hospital.

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