it means outside diameter as opposed to id which is internal diameter
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OD can mean many things including once daily, right eye, overdose, or Optometry Doctor, depending on the context.
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.
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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.
gtt OD is the medical abbreviation for drops in right eye.
O.D is Doctor of Optometry, in other words an eye doctor. O.D. is also an abbreviation used to represent the right eye referring to the use of eye drops.
What does it mean?
ODThe medical abbreviations regarding the eye(s) are OD (Oculus Dexter, right eye), OS (Oculus Sinister, left eye), and OU (Oculus Uterque, both eyes).