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The O.D. designation on an eyeglass or contact lens prescription means the right eye or oculus dexter. The O.S. means left eye or oculus sinister.
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What does OD mean in science?
it means fat
What does od mean in eye drops?
"od" on a prescription for eye drops mean "right eye"--as in apply the drops to the right eye. "os" means "left eye".
Which eye is OD?
Right OS = Left Yes....from oculus (eye) dexter (right) and oculus sinister(left)
Is OS the left eye?
OD = right eye, OS = left eye. It's latin based OD = ocula diestra, OS = ocula siniestra, OU = oculi uniti (both eyes)
Does OD mean right or left eye?
My guess: Dexter is Latin for right side. Sinister is Latin for left side.
Does OU mean to give eye drops in both eyes?
Yes OU means both eyes. OD is right eye and OS is left eye.
What is the abbreviation for the right eye?
ODThe medical abbreviations regarding the eye(s) are OD (Oculus Dexter, right eye), OS (Oculus Sinister, left eye), and OU (Oculus Uterque, both eyes).
Is a glasses prescription with OD -0.25 OS plus 1.75 powerful or mild?
Your right eye RX (OD) is very weak. Your left eye RX (OS) is rather mild. -US Navy Optician
What does OD mean in Ophthalmology?
The terms Oculus Dexter (right eye), Oculus Sinister (left eye), and Oculus Uterque (both eyes) are used in medicine, usually abbreviated OD, OS, and OU, respectively.
What is the medical abbreviation meaning eye drops in the right eye?
gtt OD is the medical abbreviation for drops in right eye.
Which ear is OD?
neither o.d. is the abbreviation for oculus dexter, the right eye. The left eye is oculus sinister, o.s. The right ear is abbreviated a.d. (auris dextra), and the left ear is a.s. (auris sinistra) or a.l. (auris laeva).
How do you tell a right eye from a left eye?
Well, if you know witch way right is the right eye is closest to the right side, the left eye is closest to the left side.
