The "OD" stands for "Doctor of Optometry" and the "FAAO" stands for "Fellow of the American Academy of Optrometry".
O.D. is the medical abbreviation for right eye. O.S. is the medical abbreviation for left eye and O.U. is the medical abbreviation for both eyes. O.D. is the medical abbreviation for right eye. O.S. is the medical abbreviation for left eye and O.U. is the medical abbreviation for both eyes.
gtt OD is the medical abbreviation for drops in right eye.
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OD is the medical abbreviation meaning right eye.OD
OD can mean many things including once daily, right eye, overdose, or Optometry Doctor, depending on the context.
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MD in medical terms typically means Medical Doctor. It could also mean Muscular Dystrophy or Medical Department. If the abbreviation is actually capital "M", small "d" as in Md, it would mean mendelevium, which is an artificially produced or "synthetic" radioactive element.It stands for the latin Medicenæ Doctor, meaning Doctor of Medicine. It is a doctoral degree similar to Ph.D.(Doctor of Philosophy) but for physicians. Although the requirements for being granted one differ depending on the country.
An ophthalmologist is trained as a physician and has gone to medical school, which makes them an M.D. (Doctor of Medicine) or a D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine). An optometrist, on the other hand, is an O.D. (Doctor of Optometry or Occulis Doctor).
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Typically, the abbreviation OD stands for "Doctor of Optometry."
OD means right eye, the D is the abbreviation for "dextro" which is the Latin word for "right". Axis means the angle of the cylinder shape in the lens to correct for astigmatism.
In medicine, overdose is abbreviated simply as O.D. or OD.