optology

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noun

The study of sight.

Scrabble 14

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nounoptology (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableThe 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

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