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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

VOD

English answer:

VOD = Visio Oculus Dexter

Added to glossary by larserik
Oct 3, 2016 21:01
7 yrs ago
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English term

VOD

English Medical Medical (general) ophthalmology
I have four similar abbreviations in the same context.

VOD: 0,6sc
VOS: 0,6-0,7sc

TOD: 12,0mmHg
TOS: 12,0mmHg

D and S probably mean dexter and sinister, but the rest might be something else than Latin since all the Google hits are from the Balkans (and they don't give any explanation). I have an English translation of the document with the same abbreviations.

The document is from an Albanian ophthalmologist.

Suggestions?
Responses
4 +5 VOD = Vision of Oculus Dexter

Discussion

larserik (asker) Oct 10, 2016:
Thanks a lot for... 1. explanation of sc and cc, Lingua 5B -- and

2. the full Latin term, Jörgen
Lingua 5B Oct 3, 2016:
sc, latinism again sine correctionem, sc (without correction)

that's the vision measured without correction

then there's "cc" cum correctionem (with correction)

the vision can be measured with no correction (sc), and it's also measured with correction/glasses on (cc)
larserik (asker) Oct 3, 2016:
Thanks a lot, LSanders I'd like to ask if the abbreviation sc after VOD and VOS was of any help. Do you know what it means, is it perhaps as simple as an indication of what the patient is capable of reading on the chart at the optician's?
Lingua 5B Oct 3, 2016:
Balkans the hits may be from the Balkans as the Balkans doctors are more prone to the use of latinisms than anglophone doctors. The anglophone/English translator probably avoided touching those abbreviations as they are understood by English doctors, just not commonly used. the abbreviations may also be kept for easier matching of files, protocols, etc.

Responses

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VOD = Vision of Oculus Dexter

You are correct regarding dexter and sinister; V = Vision, O = Oculus
Peer comment(s):
agree Lingua 5B
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agree Jörgen Slet : visio oculus dexter
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agree redoktor
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agree Yasutomo Kanazawa
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