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OPHTHALMOLOGY GLOSSARY
A
Accommodation: Property of the eye to change its refractive power so that the light
rays are always focused on the retina, thus being possible to see at various distances
Acoria: Congenital absence of the pupil due to iris imperforate
Afferent pupillary defect: or Marcus-Gunn pupil. It is a sign of optic nerve disease. It
does not confirm the acute nature of the complaint, but only that there is a different
function between the two optic nerves. It could be acute or could have occurred a long
time before.
Aphakia: Absence of the lens from congenital or acquired cause.
Alacrima: Absence of tears.
Amaurosis: Severe reduction or total loss of vision due to an organic cause.
Amblyopia: Reduced visual acuity without structural alteration of the eye. (Lazy eye)
Ametropia: refractive defect in which the image from the infinite does not focus on the
retina when the eye is at rest.
Amsler grid: method of evaluation to see macular integrity, if some of the lines are
distorted suggests AMD
Angle kappa: Deviation of corneal light reflex in or out of central corneal due to the
normal difference of the visual axis and anatomic axis between the central cornea and
fovea.
Anisocoria: unequal pupil size
Anophthalmos: lack of eyeball.
Ankyloblepharon: fusion of the eyelids especially in the outer edge
AMD: age-related macular degeneration
Arden index: electrooculographic parameter, which is determined by the maximum
height of the potential in the light divided by the minimum height of the potential of the
dark and multiplied by 100.
Asthenopia: Eyestrain with or without front or periocular headache, feeling tired in
situations requiring visual fixation of vision. It may have diplopia, and even blepharitis or
symptoms such as vomiting and facial muscle contractures, among others.
Astigmatism: Ametropia in which shows different refraction in the principal meridians
of the eyeball by altering the corneal curvature.
Asteroid hyalosis: numerous small spherical bodies form in the vitreous humor but do
not affect vision, associated with increasing age. Also called Benson's disease. They
move when the eye moves and return to their original position because they are fixed.
Athalamia: no anterior chamber.
Atricofridia: Total lack of eyebrow hairs
B
Blepharitis: Inflammation of the free edge of the eyelids.
Blepharochalazis: atrophy of periorbital structures. Fat atrophy.
Blepharoconjunctivitis: joint inflammation of the eyelid and conjunctiva.
Blepharospasm: Spasmodic closure of the palpebral fissure
Blepharophimosis: Decreased congenital or acquired eyelid horizontal diameter
Bruckner: retinal reflex to 50 cms
Buphthalmos: Enlargement of the eye in children due to congenital glaucoma.
BUT: break up time. Tear film breakdown visible with fluorescein. > 10 sec normal.
C
Canthus: Name given to the angles formed by the inner eyelids or external nasal or
temporal.
Cataract: partial or total clouding of the lens that decreases visual acuity
Chalazion: (meibomian cyst) small cyst on the eyelid resulting from chronic
inflammation of a meibomian gland.
Chemosis: inflammatory swelling of the conjunctival tissue surrounding the cornea
Cover test: Evaluation of binocular function by occlusion and subsequent disclusion of
an eye. If the covered eye moves outward and then inward is demonstrated the
existence of a phoria.
Cyanopsia: Blue vision
Cycloplegia: paralysis of the cilliary muscle and accommodation.
Cloropsia: Green Vision
Coloboma: incomplete closure of the fetal ocular cleft. Cleft in some part of the eye. It
may appear in the free edge of the eyelid, the iris (as default congenital).
Color Blindness: Absolute blindness for color vision. Color blindness: congenital
dyschromatopsia partial sex-linked recessive inheritance in which there is insensitivity to
certain colors. The most common are insensitive to red (protanopia) and green
(deuteranopia).
Conjunctival hyperemia: engorgement of conjunctival vessels as a nonspecific
response to a noxa.
Conjunctival melanosis: conjunctival hyperpigmentation due to abundance of
melanocytes.
Conjunctivitis: Inflammation of the tarsal and bulbar conjunctiva by the action of
infectious, allergic, toxic or mechanical agents manifested by eye itching, foreign body
sensation, presence of follicles and / or papillae, hyperemia, tearing, photophobia and
serous, fibrinous or purulent secretion.
Convergence: convergence in which the visual axes of both eyes tend to coalesce.
Corectopia: misplaced or ectopic pupils.
Choroiditis: Inflammation of the choroid.
Cryptophthalmos: when the eyelids can not be separated congenitally.
CUP: cup-disc ratio
Cupping: CUP increase.
D
Dacryoadenitis: Inflammation of the lacrimal gland.
Dacryocystitis: infection of the lacrimal sac (no perforation of the lachrymal canal)
Dacryostenosis: lacrimal duct stenosis
Dellen: peripheral corneal thinning that occurs in areas of instability of the tear film.
Dermatochalazis: redundancy and loss of elasticity of the skin of the eyelids.
Descematocele: protrusion of Descemet's membrane
Deuteronopia: changes in green color vision
Diopter: A unit of power of a lens or optical system. Equals the reciprocal of the focal
length of the optical system in meters.
Diplopia: "Double vision" Perception of two images of a single object. (Mismatch of
images on the retina)
Dyscoria: asymmetry of the pupil
Discromatopsias: changes in color vision
Distichiasis: accessory eyelashes growing in the meibomian glands
Divergence: convergence in which the visual axes of both eyes tend to separate.
Drusen: accumulation of colloid material in the RPE characteristic of age-related
macular degeneration.
Duction: monocular movement.
E
E.C.C.E: extracapsular cataract extraction: surgical technique used in the treatment of
cataract is the removal of the anterior capsule and the nucleus cristalinianos respecting
the integrity of the posterior capsule, followed, eventually, the implantation of a
posterior chamber intraocular lens.
Ectropion: turning out or eversion of the eyelid
Emmetropia: a state of proper correlation between the refractive system of the eye
and the axial length of the eyeball, rays of light entering the eye parallel to the optic axis
being brought to focus exactly on the retina.
Endophthalmitis: an inflammatory condition of the intraocular cavities (i.e., the
aqueous and/or vitreous humor) usually caused by infection. Noninfectious (sterile)
endophthalmitis may result from various causes such as retained native lens material
after an operation or from toxic agents.
Enophthalmos: posterior displacement of the eye.
Entropion: turning in of the edges of the eyelid (usually the lower eyelid) so that the
lashes rub against the eye surface.
Enucleation: removal of the eyeball
Epibléfaron: skinfold prominently on the front of the tarsus, near the inner edge of the
lower eyelid, which retracts the tabs to the eyeball.
Epicanthus: vertical fold of skin on either side of the nose, sometimes covering the
inner canthus. It is a normal characteristic in persons of certain races, but anomalous in
others.
Episclera: Layer of connective tissue located in the most superficial part of the sclera.
Episcleritis: Inflammation of the episclera.
Epiphora: excessive tear production, usually a result from an irritation of the
eye. Clinical sign or condition that constitutes an insufficient tear film drainage
from the eyes in that tears will drain down the face rather than through the
nasolacrimal system.
Eritropsia: Red Vision
Escleromalasia: thinning of the sclera
Evisceration: surgical technique involves removing the cornea and the entire contents
of the eyeball respecting the sclera.
Exophthalmos: is a bulging of the eye anteriorly out of the orbit.
F
Farnsworth test: detects changes in color vision; the patient should organize a series
of colored discs according to a set sequence. Then the order of the disks is plotted on a
pie chart where the degree of error is represented by points far from the center of the
diagram.
Flare: light beam scattering by proteins in anterior chamber
Floaters: fine vitreous opacities that cause flies buzzing sensation
Fluorescein angiography: A test that can assess the coroido-retinal vascularity by
intravenous injection of fluorescein and observing its diffusion through a retinoscope
provided with cobalt blue light.
Focimeter: (lensometer) an optical instrument for determining the vertex power, axis
direction and optical centre of an ophthalmic lens
Fusion: Integration into a single perception of two images of an object formed by each
eye.
G
Glaucosis: Blindness caused by glaucoma
Gerontoxon: (senile arcus) partial or complete white ring in the corneal periphery.
Gonioscopy: exploratory technique through which by a lens or prism, directly or
indirectly, we can examine the chamber angle structures.
Goldman lens: Gonioprisma for direct gonioscopy may have only one mirror inclined at
62° or three mirrors, one at 59 ° to the chamber angle, 67 ° for preecuatorial area, and
73 ° for the post equatorial zone of the retina.
H
Hard exudates: Deposit of lipoproteins in the retina as a result of serum exudation in
the context of diabetic macular edema.
Hyphema: Blood in the anterior chamber.
Hyperopia: farsightedness is the result of the visual image being focused behind the
retina rather than directly on it. It is may be caused by the eyeball being too small or the
focusing power being too weak.
Hypertelorism: abnormal increase of space between the eyes.
Hipertricofridia: Excessive development of the hair of the eyebrows
Hypopyon: pus in the anterior chamber
Hippus: disorder consisting of exaggerated pupillary response to light stimuli or
convergence
Hirschberg: Reflection of light that is formed on the corneal surface and explored in
primary gaze position with a light to 33 cm. It should be noted the symmetry in the
formation of reflexes to detect ocular deviations.
I
I.C.C.E: intracapsular cataract extraction: surgical technique used in the treatment of
cataract, based on the full removal of the lens and eventually intraocular lens
implantation of anterior chamber.
Iridescent vision: Rainbow Vision by corneal edema.
Iridodialysis: separation or loosening of the iris from its root at the ciliary body, either
from trauma or from surgical accident.
Iridodonesis: tremulousness of the iris on movement of the eye, occurring in
subluxation of the lens.
Ishihara test: vision color test based on pseudo isochromatic plates; diagnostic method
for congenital color problems (color blindness).
Isocoria: Equality in the size of the pupils of the two eyes.
J
Jones type I: test to measure the functionality of the lachrymal drainage system.
Fluorescein is used in the tear film and it is seeking to recover the dye from the inferior
turbinate.
Jones type II: test to measure the functionality of the lachrymal drainage system but
using saline. The patient should feel the salty taste in the throat.
K
Keratitis: inflammation of the cornea
Keratoconus: deformity of the cone-shaped cornea
Keratoglobus: globe-shaped cornea
Keratomileusis: Refractive keratoplasty in which a corneal flap is removed, frozen and
remodeled to reimplant again.
Keratometer: (ophthalmometer) instrument for measuring the curvature of the
anterior surface of the cornea, particularly for assessing the extent and axis of
astigmatism.
Keratoscope: Instrument consisting of a circle of cardboard with black concentric rings
used for the study of reflexes from the anterior surface corneal
L
Lagophthalmos: incomplete closure of the palpebral fissure
LASEK: Laser subepithelial keratomileusis in situ
Laser energy form in which all the photons are in phase and are transferred at the same
wavelength. By impacting on the target tissue is absorbed by the pigment increasing
temperature. Its name stands for the initials of Light Amplification by Stimulated
Emission of Radiation (light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation).
Laser Interferometer: Instrument to measure macular function through opacified
refractive media (cataract) or in cases of retinal detachment with foveal involvement but
transparent media.
LASIK laser in situ keratomileusis
Leukocoria: white pupil. (cataract, retinopathy, vitreous hyperplastic)
Leukoma: white corneal opacity.
Limbus: circular zone, slightly raised, which corresponds to the transition line between
the cornea and sclera.
Lisch nodules: iris hamartomas in Von Recklinghausen's disease.
M
Macrocornea: an unusually large cornea. Also called megalocornea.
Macular hole: Degenerative disease of the macula in which a defect or part of the
macular retinal thickness.
Madarosis: lack or loss of eyelashes or eyebrows
Macropsias: an illusion in which objects appear larger than their actual size.
Meibomitis: inflamation of the meibomian glands.
Metamorphopsia: a visual disorder in which images appear distorted in various ways.
Microcornea: Horizontal corneal diameter <10.5mms
Microspherophakia: small, round lens.
Microphthalmos: small eye with abnormal function.
Micropsias: Deformation related to the size of the objects (small)
Mydriasis: Dilation of the pupil over a diameter of 4 mm.
Myopia:(nearsightedness) refractive error in which the rays from the infinity converge
at a point above the plane of the retina when the eye is at rest.
Miosis: pupil with a diameter less than 2 mm.
N
Nanophthalmos: small eye with normal function.
Nystagmus: Rhythmic and oscillating motions of the eyes. The to-and-fro motion is
generally involuntary. Vertical nystagmus occurs much less frequently than horizontal
nystagmus and is often, but not necessarily, a sign of serious brain damage. Nystagmus
can be a normal physiological response or a result of a pathologic problem.
O
OCT: Optical coherent tomography of the retina.
Optokinetic reflex: nystagmus that occurs when observing a moving object. It takes at
least a vision of 20/400 to be present. Useful for assessing vision in newborns and
infants.
Orthophoria: The normal condition of balance between the muscles of the eyes that
permits the lines of sight to meet at an object being looked at.
P
Panophthalmitis: Infection of all structures of the eyeball
Pannus: superficial vascularization of the cornea with infiltration of granulation tissue
Pachymetry: test to measure corneal thickness.
Perimetry: determination and mapping of the limits of the visual field.
Phacodonesis: detachment of the lens (lens movement).
Phacoemulsification: Surgical technique of lens extraction by ultrasonic fragmentation
and subsequent aspiration.
Phoria: Trend misaligned eyes.
Phosphenes: sensation of light caused by excitation of the retina by mechanical or
electrical means rather than by light, as when the eyeballs are pressed through closed
lids.
Photopsias: appearance of sparks or flashes inside the eye due to irritation of the
retina. Lightning in the periphery.
Pinguecula: thickening of the connective tissue of the bulbar conjunctiva, usually nasal.
Polycoria: multiple pupils
Poliosis: "graying" early onset of grey hair on eyelashes, eyebrows, etc.
Polyopsia (polyopsy): multiple vision; the seeing of one object as more than one.
Presbyopia: Inability of the eye to focus sharply on nearby objects, resulting from loss
of elasticity of the crystalline lens with advancing age.
Protanopia: impaired color vision in red
Pseudophakia: Intraocular lens presence after cataract removal
Pseudopterygium: A pterygium of irregular shape that may appear at any part of the
corneal margin of the eye and that occurs following diphtheria, a burn, or other injury of
the conjunctiva.
Pterygium: abnormal mass of tissue arising from the conjunctiva of the inner corner of
the eye that obstructs vision by growing over the cornea.
Phthisis bulbi: Atrophy of the eyeball
Ptosis: drooping of the upper eyelid caused by muscle weakness or paralysis .
Pupilloplasty: Modification of the size or shape of the pupil by applying argon laser
impacts on the iris.
R
Radial Keratotomy: A surgical procedure in which multiple incisions are performed on
the cornea from the periphery to the center, respecting the optical zone to correct
nearsightedness.
Retinal detachment (RD): separation that occurs between the neurosensory retina
and retinal pigment epithelium whit fluid accumulating in the virtual space between the
two.
Retinal Detachment (RD) not rhegmatogenous: tractional retinal detachment or
exudative.
Retinal Detachment (RD) rhegmatogenous: Retinal detachment secondary to the
existence of a retinal tear or hole through which the liquid passes to the subsensory
space of the retina.
Retinoschisis: is an eye disease characterized by the abnormal splitting of the retina's
neurosensory layers, usually in the outer plexiform layer, resulting in a loss of vision in
the corresponding visual field in some rarer forms. More common forms are usually
asymptomatic.
Rubeosis: iris neovascularization
S
Schirmer type I: measurement of tear volume total, <5mm abnormal.
Schirmer Type II: measurement of stimulated secretion reflects irritation.
Scleritis: Inflammation around the scleral thickness.
Scotoma: absolute or relative area of depressed visual function surrounded by normal
vision.
Seidel: aqueous humor outflow through a corneal wound.
Seidel test: A test that evaluates the integrity of the eyeball based on dilution of
fluorescein in the area of perforation is positive when the output of the fluorescein
washed aqueous humor of the corneal surface.
Shaffer: cells in vitreous-like coffee powder, suggests retinal tear.
Snellen chart: chart used to evaluate visual acuity based on the use of a few letters of
a certain size which are separated by an angle of one minute of arc for a given distance.
Spherophakia: antero-posterior diameter of the lens increased.
Staphyloma: thinned part of the covering of the eye that causes protrusion
Stereopsis: successful three-dimensional view from the binocular vision
Strabismus: when the eyes do not have their axes parallel and look in different
directions
Soft exudates: small yellowish lesion on the retina surface. The size is less than ¼ of
the papilla diameter. It is due to obstruction by necrosis of a terminal arteriole, with
ischemia of the corresponding retina.
Speculum: An instrument designed to keep the eyelids apart to expose the eyeball.
Stye: infection of the glands of Moll (external), or Zeis or meibomian (internal).
Sympathetic ophthalmia: panuveitis granulomatous that occurs in a healthy eye,
secondary to perforating injury or surgery in the fellow eye.
Symblepharon: adhesions between the bulbar and tarsal conjunctiva.
Synechia: adhesion of the iris to the cornea (anterior) or lens (posterior).
Synophrys: Eyebrows united
Sinquisis flashing: cholesterol crystals in Vitreous Humor
T
Telecanthus: intercanthal increasing distance.
Tonometry: Measurement of the intraocular pressure.
Trachoma: A chronic disease of the conjunctiva and cornea caused by Chlamydia
trachomatis.
Trichiasis: misdirection of eyelashes toward the globe.
Tritanopia: blue-yellow color blindness.
Tropia: (strabismus) manifest deviation of an eye from the normal position when both
eyes are open and uncovered.
Tyndall: aqueous flare by increasing protein.
U
Uveitis: Inflammation of the uvea.
V
Vergence: simultaneous movement of both eyes in opposite directions to obtain or
maintain single binocular vision
Visual agnosia: disorders of cortical origin (not recognized)
Visual Acuity: Ability to discriminate as different two points or objects nearby.
Versions: coordinated movement of both eyes in the same direction.
Viscoelastic: Refers to those substances with viscous properties, elastic and
pseudoplastic (hialuronidato, hydroxypropylmethylcellulose).
Vitrectomy: Surgical technique to remove some or all of the vitreous humor from the
eye.
Vitreous syneresis: Contraction of the vitreous gel separates liquid and solid
components.
W
Worth lights: method of assessment of fusion in binocular vision necessary for
stereopsis
X
Xanthopsia: Vision yellow with digitalis intoxication
Xerophthalmia: dryness of cornea and conjunctiva
malfunction.
due
to
lachrymal
glands
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ABBREVIATIONS USED IN
OPHTHALMOLOGYSARY AND ABRE
A/C or AC
A1%
ACC
ACG
ACIOL
Add
AION
ALT
AMD/ ARMD
APD, RAPD
ARx
AT, PFAT
AV
AVx
Ax
B/binoc
BCVA
BDR
BE/OU
b.i.d/b.d
BK
BP
BRAO
BRVO
C/D
C/F
C/S
C1
CB
CBB
CC/PC/RFV
cc
CCT/Pachy
CE
CF @ XX ft
CL/SCL/HCL
anterior chamber
atropine 1%
anterior cortical changes/ cataract
angle closure glaucoma
anterior chamber intraocular lens
amount
of
plus
reading
power
(for
bifocal/progressives)
anterior ischemic optic neuropathy
argon laser trabeculoplasty
age-related macular degeneration
Afferent papillary defect, relative afferent
papillary defect
Autorefraction
Artificial tears, preservative- free artificial
tears
Anterior vitreous
Anterior vitrectomy
Axis [+/- number sphere] + [number
cylinder] x [0-180 axis]
Binocular
Best corrected visual acuity
Background diabetic retinopthy
Both eyes
Twice a day
Band keratopathy
Blood pressure
Branch retinal artery occlusion
Branch retinal vein occlusion
Cup/disc ratio
Cell/flare (graded 1+ to 4+)
Conjunctiva/sclera
Cyclogyl (cyclopentolate) 1%
Ciliary body
Ciliary body band
Chief/patient complaint or reason for visit
With refractive correction
Central corneal thickness/pachymetry
Cataract extraction
Counts fingers (specify distance)
Contact lens/soft /Hard
CM
CME
CNV
CNVM
COAG
CPC
CRAO
CRVO
CRx
Cryo
CSCR
CSM
CSME
CT
CVF
CWS
Cyl
D&Q
D/M/V/P
DALK
DBH
DF
DFE
DLK
DV
E (T)
E
ECCE
ED
EKC
EOG
EOM
ERG
ERM
ET
F+F
FANG
Focal
FMH
FOH
GCA
GH
GVF
H
H/as
Cyclomydril (for peds patients)
Cystoid macular edema
Choroidal neovascularization
Choroidal neovascular membrane
Chronic open angle glaucoma
Cyclophotocoagulation
Central retinal artery occlusion
Central retinal vein occlusion
Cycloplegic refraction
Cryotherapy
Central serous chorioretinopathy
Central, steady, maintained
Clinically significant macular edema
diabetes)
Cover test
Confrontation visual fields
Cotton wool spot
Cylinder
Deep and quiet
Disc/macula/vessels/periphery
Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty
Dot blot heme (hemorrhage)
Descemet’s fold
Dilated fundus exam
Diffuse lamellar keratitis
Distance vision
Intermittent esotropia
Esophoria
Extracapsular cataract extraction
Epithelial defect
Epidemic keratoconjunctivitis
Electrooculogram
Extraocular muscles/ movement
Electroretinogram
Epiretinal membrane
Esotropia
Fixes and follows
Fluorescein angiography
Focal laser photocoagulation
Family medical history
Family ocular history
Giant cell arteritis
General health
Goldmann visual field
Horizontal
Headaches
(for
HA
HM @ XX ft
HoT
HT
HVF
I
ICCE
IDDM/NIDDM
IK
IO
ION
IOP
IR
IRMA
JOAG
K
KC or KCN
KCS
KP
L
L/L
Lag
LASEK
LASIK
LCA
LEE
LF
LME
LHON
LI/LPI
LP c projection
LP s projection
LP
LR
M1
Meds
MG
MGD
MGP
MP/Mx
MR
MRD1
MRD2
Homatropine
Hand motion (specify dis- tance)
Hypotropia (add an apostrophe to indicate at
near — e.g. ET’ means esotropia at near)
Hypertropia
Humphrey visual field (usually 30-2; need to
specify if 10-2 or red target, etc)
Iris
Intracapsular cataract extraction
Insulin-dependent/ non insulin-dependent
Interstitial keratitis
Inferior oblique
Ischemic optic neuropathy
Intraocular pressure
Inferior
Intraretinal microvascular anomalies
Juvenile open angle glaucoma
Cornea
Keratoconus
Keratoconjunctivitis sicca
Keratic precipitate
Lens/ left
Lids/lashes
Lid lag
Laser epithelial keratomileusis
Laser in situ keratomileusis, also laserassisted in situ keratomileusis (Hofstetter)
Leber’s congenital amaurosis
Last eye examination
Levator function
Last medical examination
Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy
Laser iridotomy/laser peripheral iridotomy
Light perception with projection
Light perception without projection
Light perception
Lateral rectus
Mydriacyl (tropicamide) 1%
Medications
Myasthenia gravis
Meibomian gland dysfunction
Meibomian gland plugging
Membrane peel/membranectomy
Medial rectus
Margin to reflex distance 1
Margin to reflex distance 2
MRx
MS
N2.5/N10
NAION
NI
NLP
NPDR
NRx
NS
NTG/LTG
NV
NVA
NVD
NVE
NVG
NVI
OCT NFL
OCT
O.d
OD/RE
OH
OHT
OS/LE
OU
PAS
PBK
PCC
PCIOL
PCO
PD
PDR
PDT
PEE
PEK
PF
PH
Phaco/ ACIOL or
Phaco/ PCIOL
Phaco
PHNI
PION
PK
Manifest refraction
Multiple sclerosis
Neo-Synephrine (phenylephrine) 2.5% or
10%
Non-arteritic ischemic optic neuropathy
No improvement
No light perception
Non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Near refraction
Nuclear sclerosis
Normal/low tension glaucoma
Near vision
Neovascularization of the angle
Neovascularization of the disc
Neovascularization elsewhere
Neovascular glaucoma
Neovascularization of the iris
OCT of nerve fiber layer (optic nerve
evaluation)
Optical coherence tomography
Once daily
Right eye
Ocular history
Ocular hypertension
Left eye
Both eyes
Peripheral anterior synechiae
Pseudophakic bullous keratopathy
Posterior cortical changes
Posterior chamber IOL
Posterior capsular opacity (post-cataract
patients)
Pupillary distance or prism diopter
Proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Photodynamic therapy
Punctate epithelial erosion
Punctate epithelial keratopathy/keratitis OR
photo-electronic keratoscope (Hofstetter)
Palpebral fissure
Pinhole visual acuity
Phaco with anterior chamber intraocular lens
or posterior chamber intraocular lens
Phacoemulsification
Pinhole no improvement
Posterior ischemic optic neuropathy
Penetrating keratoplasty
PKP
POAG/ OAG
POHS
PPA
PPV/Vx
PRK
p.r.n
PRP
PS
PSC
PVD
Px/Pt
PXE
PXF
q.h
q.i.d
R/R
R
Rc
Rx
RD
RP
RPE
SB
sc
SL
SLE
SLK
SLT
SO
SOAG
Sph
SPK
SR
SRNV
SRNVM
SS
Sxs
T
Ta
t.i.d
TM
TON
Tp
Penetrating keratoplasty
Primary open angle glaucoma/open angle
glaucoma
Presumed ocular histoplasmosis
Peripapillary atrophy
Pars plana vasectomy/vitrectomy
Photorefractive keratectomy
When needed
pan-retinal photocoagulation
Posterior synechiae (designate location/clock
hours)
Posterior subcapsular cataract
Posterior vitreous detachment
Patient
Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
Pseudoexfoliation
Every hour
Four times a day
Round/reactive (pupils)
Retinoscopy/ right
Cycloplegic retinoscopy
Prescription
Retinal detachment
Retinitis pigmentosa
Retinal pigment epithelium
Scleral buckle
Without refractive correction
Schwalbe’s line
Slit lamp exam
Superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis
Selective laser trabeculoplasty
Superior oblique
Secondary open angle glaucoma
Sphere
Superficial punctate keratopathy/keratitis
Superior rectus
Subretinal neovascularization
Subretinal neovascular membrane
Scleral spur
Symptoms
Tonometry
Applanation (Goldman) tonometry
Three times a day
Trabecular meshwork
Traumatic optic neuropathy
Pneumotonometer
Trab
TRD
UDFE
UGH
Ung
V
Va
VF
VH
VMT
WC/LS
WRx
X(T)
X
XT
Trabeculectomy
Tractional detachment
Undilated fundus exam
Uveitis glaucoma hyphema syndrome
Ointment
Vertical
Visual acuity
Visual field
Vitreous hemorrhage
Vitreomacular traction
Warm compresses/lid scrubs
Wearing Rx (currently worn eyeglass/contact
lens prescription)
Intermittent exotropia
Exophoria
Exotropia