commonly used opthamology terms Flashcards
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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>∆</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Prism diopter</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>30-2</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Commonly used automated Humphrey visual fields</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>A/C or AC</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Anterior chamber</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>ACG</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Angle closure glaucoma</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>ALPC</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Argon laser photocoagulation (often for diabetic macular edema)</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>ALT</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Argon laser trabeculoplasty (for glaucoma)</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>AMD</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Age-related macular degeneration</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>APD</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Afferent pupillary defect</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>BCC</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Basal cell cancer</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>BDR</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Background diabetic retinopathy</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>BRVO</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Branch retinal vein occlusion</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>c or cc</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>With refractive correction</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>C/D</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Cup-to-disc ratio of the optic nerve</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>CF</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Count fingers visual acuity</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>CL/HC</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Contact lenses / hard</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>CME</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Cystoid macular edema</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>CRAO</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Central retinal artery occlusion</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>CRVO</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Central retinal vein occlusion</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>CSR or CSCR</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Central serous chorioretinopathy</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>CVF</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Confrontation visual field</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Cyl</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Cylinder (in refraction)</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>D</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Diopter</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DCR</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Dacryocystorhinostomy</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DVD</p>
<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Dissociated vertical deviation (a form of strabismus)</p>
DVS
Ductions / versions / saccades
DWSCL
Daily wear contact lenses
ECCE c IOL
Extracapsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation
EOG
Electrooculogram
EOM
Extraocular muscle
ERG
Electroretinogram RD Retinal detachment
ERM
Epi-retinal membrane
ET/E(T)/E/E’
Esotropia / intermittent esotropia / esophoria and esophoria at near
EUA
Exam under anesthesia
HM
Hand motion vision
ICCE
Intracapsular cataract extraction
IF 1%
Inflamase Forte 1%
IK
Interstitial keratitis
IO
Inferior oblique
IOL
Intraocular lens
IOP
Intraocular pressure
IR
Inferior rectus
K
Keratometer reading (measures the curvature of the cornea) or abbreviation for cornea
KCS
Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
KP
Keratitic precipitate
L HoT/R HoT
Left Hypotropia / right hypotropia
LHT/RHT
Left hypertropia and right hypertropia
LOC
Laxative of choice
LP/LPO
Light perception / light perception only
LPI
Laser peripeheral iridectomy
LR
Lateral rectus
M
Manifest (non-cyclopleged) refraction
M&N
Mydriacyl & Neosynephrine mixture used for pupil dilation
NLP
No light perception
NS or NSC
Nuclear sclerotic cataract
NVD
Neovascularization of the disc
NVE
Neovascularization of the retina elsewhere (outside the disc)
NVI
Neovascularization of iris
OD/OS/OU
Right eye / left eye / both eyes
OHT
Ocular hypertension
P1/P2/P4
Pilocarpine (with concentration)
PC
Posterior chamber or posterior capsule
PD
Prism diopters
PE/PHACO
Phacoemulsification
PEE
Punctate epithelial erosions
PEG
Punctate epithelial granularity
PEK
Punctate epithelial keratitis or keratopathy
PERL
Pupils equal and reactive to light
PF/PA 1%
Pred Forte eye drops / prednisolone acetate
PH
Pinhole
PI 1/8
Phospholine Iodine 1/8%
PKP or PK
Penetrating keratoplasty (cornea transplant)
POAG
Primary open angle glaucoma
POHS
Presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome
PPDR
Pre-proliferative diabetic retinopathy
PRP
Pan-retinal photocoagulation
PSC
Posterior subcapsular cataract
PVD
Posterior vitreous detachment
ROP
Retinopathy of prematurity
RP
Retinitis pigmentosa
RPE
Retinal pigment epithelium
s or sc
Without refractive correction
SCL/EWSCL
Soft and extended wear
SLE or SLX
Slit lamp exam
SPK
Superficial punctate keratitis (Thygeson or keratopathy)
SR
Superior rectus
SRN/SRNVM
Subretinal neovascular membrane
T ½/ T 1/4
Timoptic (with concentrations)
Ta
Applanation tonometry
Va
Visual acuity
VF
Visual field
Vit
Vitreous
VTX
Vitrectomy
W4D
Worth 4-dot test (in strabismus)
X/X’
exophoria / exophoria at near
XT/X(T)
Exotropia / intermittent exotropia
YAG
Neodymium-yttrium aluminum garnet laser
