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right ear a single-storey a can be mistaken as an o which could read "o.d.", meaning right eye ad., add. adde addatur: add let there be added ad lib. ad libitum: Latin, "at one's pleasure"; as much as one desires; freely compare pro re nata, "as needed", which by convention includes an aspect of "up to some maximum".
Description (notes) AC. Anterior chamber. fluid-filled space between the iris and the endothelium. AC 4/4. Grade 4 anterior chamber angle. open angle between cornea and iris. AC 3/4. Grade 3 anterior chamber angle.
right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte every night Omne Nocte a.s., as, AS left ear auris sinistra a.u., au, AU both ears together or each ear aures unitas or auris uterque b.d.s, bds, BDS 2 times a day bis die sumendum b.i.d., bid, BID twice a day / twice daily bis in die gtt., gtts drop(s) gutta(e) h., h hour: hora
left eye (from Latin oculus sinister) orthopedic surgery overall survival OSA: obstructive sleep apnea: OSH: outside hospital Osm: osmolarity: Osteo: osteomyelitis: OT: occupational therapy: OTC: over-the-counter drug: OTD: out the door (discharged) OTPP: oriented to time, place, and person OTTR: Organ Transplant Tracking Record OU: both eyes ...
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
Used to indicate the pound (unit of mass). [1] LLB. Legum Baccalaureus. "Bachelor of Laws". The "LL" of the abbreviation for the degree is from the genitive plural legum (singular: lex or legis, for law), thus "LLB" stands for Legum Baccalaureus in Latin. Where periods are used, it is "LL.B."
Medical device (such as hearing aids, for example) may be specified by a type of prescription. Off-label use – Use of pharmaceuticals for conditions different from that for which they were approved. Prescription analytics. Prescription charges – Charges for medical prescriptions on the UK NHS, and in Ireland.
OD or o.d., an abbreviation used in medical prescriptions for omne in die or "once daily" both meaning "take once every day". Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) Oculus dexter, ocular dexter, or ocularis dexter, meaning "right eye" in general ophthalmologic or optometric usage, particularly in eyeglass prescriptions. Osteochondritis dissecans, a medical ...