Question: What does OU, OS, and OD stand for?

Answer:

OD ………………… oculus dexter (the right eye)
OS ………………… oculus sinister (the left eye)
OU ………………… oculus uterque (both eyes


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How do you pronounce “uterque”

Comment by GG — February 18, 2009 @ 1:16 pm


uterque — oo’TEHR’ kooeh

Comment by SR — July 23, 2009 @ 11:21 am


thanks ,,,,,

Comment by lolla — August 13, 2010 @ 7:02 am


I still can’t pronounce it :(
oo tehr kooeh
how do i say kooeh
like koo eh?
It’s such a hard name

Comment by Vivian — September 30, 2010 @ 9:14 pm


i was taught that OU stands for Ocular Universal

Comment by Hamza — November 12, 2010 @ 11:38 am


“uterque” is pronounced:

oo-tair-kway

Comment by jay — July 5, 2011 @ 1:37 pm


Uterque sounds a little like ‘you turkey’

Comment by Pam — September 27, 2011 @ 2:17 pm


thanks a lot for useful information.

Comment by Neda Salehi — October 23, 2011 @ 8:23 am


thanks, this will help me very much

Comment by chamalka — November 9, 2011 @ 8:11 am


thanks a lot & how to pronounced:?’ouoo turkey’

Comment by chandanie — November 9, 2011 @ 8:26 am


this is very informative and interactive, no doubt everyone reading this is having fun while learning. I enjoy both the lectures and comments aswell. cheers.

Comment by ria cevangelista — January 13, 2012 @ 4:13 pm


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