In Paris his rich host Javal, a famous oculist, offered him a professorship and a salary to direct the movement, He declined. Modest and free: such were his tastes.
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Oculist
/ˈɑkjəlɪst/
Synonyms for "oculist" (44 found)
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Closest matches (9)
Noun(2 words)
eye doctorophthalmologist
Strong matches (13)
Noun(1 words)
eye specialist
eye-ear-nose-throat specialistgeriatriciangerontologistgynecologisthealerhomeopathhomeopathistimmunologistinternistmedicmicroscopistmidwife
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2 entrieseye surgeonophthalmologist
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6 entrieseminent oculistfamous oculistleading oculistoculist appointmentoculist clinicrenowned oculist
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1 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
In the Lithuanian township of Veisiejai, he was present at the death of a little girl. A raging fever consumed her. The unhappy mother almost went crazy with sorrow. For months afterwards he would hear her continual tears and wailing. He decided to leave general practice and to specialize as an oculist.
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L. L. Zamenhof was a Jewish oculist.
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An oculist doesn't make ocular prosthetics; that's an ocularist.
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