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commonly used opthamology terms Flashcards

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>∆</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Prism diopter</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>30-2</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Commonly used automated Humphrey visual fields</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>A/C or AC</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Anterior chamber</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>ACG</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Angle closure glaucoma</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>ALPC</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Argon laser photocoagulation (often for diabetic macular edema)</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>ALT</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Argon laser trabeculoplasty (for glaucoma)</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>AMD</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Age-related macular degeneration</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>APD</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Afferent pupillary defect</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>BCC</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Basal cell cancer</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>BDR</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Background diabetic retinopathy</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>BRVO</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Branch retinal vein occlusion</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>c or cc</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>With refractive correction</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>C/D</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Cup-to-disc ratio of the optic nerve</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>CF</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Count fingers visual acuity</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>CL/HC</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Contact lenses / hard</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>CME</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Cystoid macular edema</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>CRAO</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Central retinal artery occlusion</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>CRVO</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Central retinal vein occlusion</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>CSR or CSCR</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Central serous chorioretinopathy</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>CVF</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Confrontation visual field</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Cyl</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Cylinder (in refraction)</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>D</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Diopter</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DCR</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Dacryocystorhinostomy</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DVD</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Dissociated vertical deviation (a form of strabismus)</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DVS</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Ductions / versions / saccades</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>DWSCL</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Daily wear contact lenses</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>ECCE c IOL</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Extracapsular cataract extraction with intraocular lens implantation</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>EOG</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Electrooculogram</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>EOM</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Extraocular muscle</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>ERG</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Electroretinogram RD Retinal detachment</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>ERM</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Epi-retinal membrane</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>ET/E(T)/E/E’</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Esotropia / intermittent esotropia / esophoria and esophoria at near</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>EUA</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Exam under anesthesia</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>HM</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Hand motion vision</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>ICCE</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Intracapsular cataract extraction</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>IF 1%</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Inflamase Forte 1%</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>IK</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Interstitial keratitis</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>IO</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Inferior oblique</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>IOL</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Intraocular lens</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>IOP</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Intraocular pressure</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>IR</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Inferior rectus</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>K</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Keratometer reading (measures the curvature of the cornea) or abbreviation for cornea</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>KCS</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Keratoconjunctivitis sicca</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>KP</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Keratitic precipitate</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>L HoT/R HoT</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Left Hypotropia / right hypotropia</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>LHT/RHT</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Left hypertropia and right hypertropia</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>LOC</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Laxative of choice</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>LP/LPO</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Light perception / light perception only</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>LPI</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Laser peripeheral iridectomy</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>LR</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Lateral rectus</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>M</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Manifest (non-cyclopleged) refraction</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>M&N</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Mydriacyl & Neosynephrine mixture used for pupil dilation</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>NLP</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>No light perception</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>NS or NSC</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Nuclear sclerotic cataract</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>NVD</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Neovascularization of the disc</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>NVE</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Neovascularization of the retina elsewhere (outside the disc)</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>NVI</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Neovascularization of iris</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>OD/OS/OU</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Right eye / left eye / both eyes</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>OHT</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Ocular hypertension</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>P1/P2/P4</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Pilocarpine (with concentration)</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>PC</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Posterior chamber or posterior capsule</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>PD</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Prism diopters</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>PE/PHACO</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Phacoemulsification</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>PEE</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Punctate epithelial erosions</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>PEG</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Punctate epithelial granularity</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>PEK</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Punctate epithelial keratitis or keratopathy</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>PERL</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Pupils equal and reactive to light</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>PF/PA 1%</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Pred Forte eye drops / prednisolone acetate</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>PH</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Pinhole</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>PI 1/8</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Phospholine Iodine 1/8%</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>PKP or PK</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Penetrating keratoplasty (cornea transplant)</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>POAG</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Primary open angle glaucoma</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>POHS</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Presumed ocular histoplasmosis syndrome</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>PPDR</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Pre-proliferative diabetic retinopathy</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>PRP</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Pan-retinal photocoagulation</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>PSC</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Posterior subcapsular cataract</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>PVD</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Posterior vitreous detachment</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>ROP</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Retinopathy of prematurity</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>RP</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Retinitis pigmentosa</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>RPE</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Retinal pigment epithelium</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>s or sc</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Without refractive correction</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>SCL/EWSCL</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Soft and extended wear</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>SLE or SLX</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Slit lamp exam</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>SPK</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Superficial punctate keratitis (Thygeson or keratopathy)</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>SR</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Superior rectus</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>SRN/SRNVM</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Subretinal neovascular membrane</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>T ½/ T 1/4 </p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Timoptic (with concentrations)</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Ta</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Applanation tonometry</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Va</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Visual acuity</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>VF</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Visual field</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Vit</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Vitreous</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>VTX</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Vitrectomy</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>W4D</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Worth 4-dot test (in strabismus)</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>X/X’</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>exophoria / exophoria at near</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>XT/X(T)</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Exotropia / intermittent exotropia</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>YAG</p>

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<p class=”large” style=”text-align:center”;>Neodymium-yttrium aluminum garnet laser</p>

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