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Optometry

Optometry

(Noun) - eye examination for diseases & contact lenses

Synoptic

(Adj) - presenting/taking the same view/vision; Summary; Synoptic Gospels

Optical

(Adj) - relating to vision; optimizing light to aid vision

Optophone

(Noun) - A device used to convert written text into sound

Biopsy

(Noun) - the removal of living tissue from the body for diagnostic examination

Biometric

(Adj) - statistical analysis of biological observations and phenomena

Biogenic

(Adj) - produced by living organisms

Chronothermal

(Adj) - related to both time and temperature

Geothermal

(Adj) - heat of Earth's interior

Thermometer

(Noun) - instrument to depict temperature

Hypothermia

(Noun) - subnormal temperature (cold)

Thermal

(Adj) - temperature; low energy due to thermal agitation

Thermography

(Noun) - writing/printing through use of heat

Thermogenic

(Adj) - producing heat

Dehydrate

(Verb) - Remove water; lack of water

Hydrant

(Noun) - pipe drawing water from a main pipe, used for putting out fires

Hydrothermal

(Adj) - hot water; minerals that form as hot solutions which rise from cooling magma

Hydrogenic

(Adj) - caused by the action of water (geology)

Hydrophone

(Noun) - receiver for listening to sound transmitted through water

Hydrogeology

(Noun) - study of subsurface water movement through rocks

Hydropathy

(Noun) - treatment of injury or disease with water

Hydrograph

(Noun) - diagram of the levels or amount of water flow in a river

Hydronymy

(Noun) - naming bodies of water