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optology

optology noun: the study of sight.

Noun

optology (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The study of sight.
    • In their hands, optology is both effective and lucrative; it arouses no interprofessional jealousies; and the need for it is virtually unlimited. Does it take the absence of a legally established optometry to foster the rise of an optology?1982, Journal of the American Optometric Association, page 525

Origin of optology

From opto- + -logy.

Words formed from optology

Questions about optology

What does optology mean?
Optology means the study of sight.
What part of speech is optology?
Optology is a noun.

Words near optology in the dictionary

  1. optokinetic
  2. optokinetically
  3. optological
  4. optologist
  5. optologists
  6. optology
  7. optomagnetic
  8. optomagnonic
  9. optomagnonics
  10. optomechanical
  11. optomechanically

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