Ophthalmic Abbreviations
Acc | Accommodation |
OD | Oculus Dexter - Right eye |
OS | Oculus Sinister - Left eye |
OU | Oculus Uterque - Both eyes |
PH | Pin hole |
PHNI | Pin hole, no improvement |
Va | Visual acuity |
mm | Millimeter |
sc | without correction |
cc | with correction |
HM | Hand motion |
LP | Light perception |
LPcP | Light perception with projection |
LPsP | Light perception without projection |
NLP | No light perception |
- | No natural eye. Used when doing acuities on someone without an eye on that side. [20/-]. This is THE ONLY time this should be used. |
EOM | Extra ocular muscle |
EXO | Out |
XP | Exophoria |
XT | Exotropia |
ESO | In |
EP | Esophoria |
ET | Esotropia |
IOP | Intra-ocular pressure |
ung | Ointment |
Kp's | Keratic percipitates |
PSC | Posterior sub-capsular cataract |
PERRLA | Pupils Equally Round & Reactive to Light and Accommodation |
APD | Afferent Pupillary Defect |
sph | spherical |
PD | Interpupillary Distance |
NPA | Near Point of Accommodation |
NPC | Near Point of Convergence |
BO | Base Out |
BI | Base In |
BD | Base Down |
BU | Base Up |
bid | twice a day |
tid | three times a day |
qid | four times a day |
qd | Once a day |
hs | At bedtime |
P.O. | By mouth |