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Abbreviation Term Description (notes) A.d. As directed bd/bid Twice a day gt One drop gtt drops GSL General sales list Gutt/g Guttae (drops) Meds Medications Nocte/QHS At night Occ Ointment od/QD Once a day otc Over the counter (bought medication) P Pharmacy (drug) POM Prescription-only medicine prn When required q
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
Optometrist. Doctor of Optometry (OD) Podiatrist. Doctor of Podiatry (DPM) Chiropractor. Doctor of Chiropractic (DC) Physician Assistant (PA) Doctor of Medical ...
The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is ... o.d., od, OD right eye. once a day (United ...
OD is an abbreviation for oculus dexter, Latin for right eye from the patient's point of view. 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.:
Abbreviation Organization or personnel CAD: Canadian Association of the Deaf: CAEP: Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians: CAG: Canadian Association of Gerontology: CAMT: Canadian Association of Music Therapy: CAMTS: Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems: CAO: Canadian Association of Optometrists: CAOT
The term "optometry" comes from the Greek words ὄψις (opsis; "view") and μέτρον (metron; "something used to measure", "measure", "rule").The word entered the language when the instrument for measuring vision was called an optometer, (before the terms phoropter or refractor were used).
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