OS
- noun
- Specialized
:
ojo izquierdo
- During the eye exam, the optometrist checked the acuity of each eye, stating that the left eye was 20/25 OS.
Examples
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Why is there a bulge in the IS/OS in a normal eye?
Blog text (8) -
Mr. B's acuity is now 20/100 OD and 20/200 OS.
Academic text (2007) -
Although many data types might be enqueued on an OS/2 (or other) print queue, only a narrow range of data types can be exported to a particular remote printer and printed successfully.
Academic text (1997) -
Hello, my 12-month-old son got a prescription for glasses, which more of them say is rare (OD +6.50 +1.0 x90 / OS -7.50 sph).
Blog text (17) -
The doctor wrote a prescription for glasses, noting that her vision was 20/40 OS.
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In the medical report, the ophthalmologist mentioned that the patient had a slight cataract in the OS.
Synonyms
The left eye, especially in medical notes
Compounds
- Specialized
A large bone in the middle of the wrist that joins the middle finger bone
- Specialized
A bone at the back of the roof of the mouth that helps form the nose and eye socket floor
- Specialized
A small pea-shaped bone on the little finger side of the wrist that touches only one other wrist bone
- Specialized
A large bone at the front of the skull that forms the forehead and upper eye sockets
- Specialized
A small wrist bone on the thumb side that joins the base of the thumb and index finger
- Specialized
A small bone in the wrist that connects to the pisiform, hamate, and lunate bones
- Specialized
A bone near the base of the thumb that is the largest bone in the wrist
- Specialized
A small round bone inside a tendon where it passes over a joint, often in hands or feet
- Specialized
A butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull that helps form the eye sockets and support the brain
Surface Forms
Etymology
OS for the left eye comes from the Latin words oculus sinister, which mean 'left eye', so in medical notes OS is used to name or write about the patient's left eye.
