Doctor Assistant Vocabulary

Ant.C - Anterior Chamber

APD - Afferent Pupillary Defect

b.i.d - Twice a day

C - With

Caps - Capsules

cc - With Correction

ccl - With contact lens

CF - Counts fingers

Conj - Conjunctivitis

D - Diopters

Dbl - Double vision

Dc - Discontinued

DPAs - Diagnostic Pharmaceutical agents

DVA - Distance visual acuity

EOM - Extra Ocular Motility

EP - Esophoria

Flsh/Flt - Flashes and floaters

Gtt - Drop

H - Hour

h.s. - At bedtime

H/A - Headaches

HPI - History Present of illness

Hx - History

K - Keratometry

L/L - lids and lashes

LEE - Last Eye Exam

LRx - Last prescription

NPA - Near point of accommodation

NPC - Negative point of convergence

NRA - Negative relative accommodation

NVA - Near visual actuit’s

O.D. - Right eye

O.S. - Left eye

O.U. - Both eyes

OTC - Over the counter

p.o. - By mouth

p.r.n. - As needed

PRA - Positive relative accommodation

Q - Every

Qd - Every day

q.h. - every Hour

Qhs - At night

q.i.d. - Four times a day

q2h - every 2 hours

q4h - every 4 hours

qd - everyday

RTC - Return to Clinic

S - Without

S/O - Subjective Objective

S/S - Signs of Symptoms

Sc - With out correction

SLE- Slit Lamp exam

Stat - Immediately

t.i.d. - three times a day

TFC - To finger counting

TTN - To the nose

Ung - Ointment

VDT - Video display terminal

X P - Exphoria