>>BTW, is there a difference between an ophtalmologist and an optician in US Eng? For my eye test I go to an optician or optometrist. I'd read ophtalmologist as an eye doctor. Why see one just for an eye test? Maybe you don't have opticians in the US?
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>We actually have three different things here. An ophthalmologist (note spelling, which I'm pretty sure is right, though annoying <g>)

Dragan's spelling (I merely c & p'd it, without noticing - well done)

>...is a medical doctor specializing in diseases of the eye. An optometrist is someone with training in eye care, but not a medical doctor; nonetheless, they do use the title "doctor." An optician is someone who makes eyeglasses.
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>I go to an ophthalmologist for my eye exams, which are comprehensive, including a glaucoma check, a vision screening, and who knows what else. For just the vision screening, I might go to an optometrist, but no reason to have two different doctors.

Here an optician does the above tests (i don't know if they qualify as a doctor too), an ophthalmologist is, I think, an eye doctor as you described, and an optometrist is like the technician who measures you up for your glasses, may do some prelim. tests etc. Don't know what they call the guys who build them - technicians, I guess.

Terry