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oculus dexter (right eye) OH Ocular history OMB Oculo motor balance ONH Optic nerve head Oph Ophthalmoscopy OS oculus sinister (left eye) OU oculus uterque (both eyes) PD Pupillary distance PERRLA Pupils equal, round, reactive to light and accommodation PH Pinhole see Pinhole occluder and Visual_acuity#Legal_definitions: PHNI Pinhole No Improvement
Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here. ... left eye: oculus sinister o.u., ou, OU both eyes: oculus uterque p.c. after food:
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 ...
Oculus means eye. OS is an abbreviation for oculus sinister, Latin for left eye from the patient's point of view. OU is an abbreviation for oculi uterque, Latin for both eyes. N.B.: In some countries, such as the United Kingdom, RE (right eye), LE (left eye), and BE (both eyes) are used. Sometimes, just right and left are used.
This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes). This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).
Abbreviations are used very frequently in medicine. They boost efficiency as long as they are used intelligently. The advantages of brevity should be weighed against the possibilities of obfuscation (making the communication harder for others to understand) and ambiguity (having more than one possible interpretation).
OD or o.d., an abbreviation used in medical prescriptio; NHS 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
initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee; pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).