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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
Comments and Feedback
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How do you pronounce “uterque”
Comment by GG — February 18, 2009 @ 1:16 pm
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uterque — oo’TEHR’ kooeh
Comment by SR — July 23, 2009 @ 11:21 am
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thanks ,,,,,
Comment by lolla — August 13, 2010 @ 7:02 am
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i was taught that OU stands for Ocular Universal
Comment by Hamza — November 12, 2010 @ 11:38 am
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“uterque” is pronounced:
oo-tair-kway
Comment by jay — July 5, 2011 @ 1:37 pm
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Uterque sounds a little like ‘you turkey’
Comment by Pam — September 27, 2011 @ 2:17 pm
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thanks a lot for useful information.
Comment by Neda Salehi — October 23, 2011 @ 8:23 am
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thanks, this will help me very much
Comment by chamalka — November 9, 2011 @ 8:11 am
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thanks a lot & how to pronounced:?’ouoo turkey’
Comment by chandanie — November 9, 2011 @ 8:26 am
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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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When doing an exam, if I checked the right eye by covering the lefy and the left eye by covering the right, and they are both 20/20. Is it correct to put, OU 20/20 and OS 20/20? OR…can i document, OS 20/20? In other words, if they both tested 20/20, do I have to document them separately. Or can I simply put OU 20/20?
Thank you
Comment by Christina — March 1, 2012 @ 1:44 pm
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Please ignore my previous question. I got my letters mixed up. The question below makes better sense. Thanks
When doing an exam, if I checked the right eye by covering the left and the left eye by covering the right, and they are both 20/20. Is it correct to put, OD 20/20 and OS 20/20? OR…can i document, OU 20/20? In other words, if they both tested 20/20, do I have to document them separately. Or can I simply put OU 20/20?
Thank you
Comment by Christina — March 1, 2012 @ 1:48 pm
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You have to document it as OD 20/20 and OS 20/20. OU 20/? means the vision you are getting without covering either eye.
Comment by Robert — April 17, 2012 @ 1:34 am
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The explanation is very helpful. Just wondering, “oculus dexter”, “oculus sinister” and “oculus uterque”, are they Latin or other language origins? Thanks.
Comment by Tracy Dou — May 3, 2012 @ 12:09 pm
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They are Latin!
Comment by Mrugesh Shah — May 14, 2012 @ 5:51 am
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OU OS and OD are for accurately documenting each or both eye, since the pronunciations are in Latin, we must understand that Latin is considered a dead language, so I feel pronunciation is not as important as understanding the symbolism.
Comment by Max — May 28, 2012 @ 5:22 pm
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I just started working in Patient Services in an eye care practice and have wondered all week what OS, OD and OU actually mean–thank you for answering my burning question so clearly!
Comment by Regina — June 10, 2012 @ 7:49 pm
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If a patient’s RX reads -.25 pl OS -.25 pl OD with a 2.50 ADD and is having double vision when reading what is the medical term for the problem there are 2 ?
Comment by Ernie — July 29, 2012 @ 10:44 am
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I made a mistake on my question:(it’s supposed to say when they have double vision watching TV ?there are 2 names for this problem,what are the names.
Comment by Ernie — July 29, 2012 @ 3:46 pm
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How do I document that eye drops were administered one drop in each eye.
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Comment by Liz — December 11, 2012 @ 2:20 pm
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Yes Liz… That is correct
Comment by Tina — December 24, 2012 @ 6:09 pm
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