Medical abbreviation chart for the special senses ear & eye and the integumentary system.
Ear
|
|
AC
|
air conduction
|
AD
|
right ear
|
AOM
|
acute otitis media
|
AS
|
left ear
|
AU
|
both ears
|
CAPD
|
central auditory processing disorder
|
dB
|
decibel
|
EE
|
ear & eye
|
ENT
|
ear, nose & throat
|
ET
|
Eustachian tube
|
HD
|
hearing distance
|
HL
|
hearing level, hearing loss
|
OM
|
otitis media
|
ORL
|
otorhinolaryngology
|
SON
|
serous otitis media
|
TM
|
tympanic membrane
|
VRA
|
visual reinforcement audiometry
|
Eye
|
|
acc
|
accommodation
|
ARMD
|
age-related macular degeneration
|
As, Ast, Astigm
|
astigmatism
|
DV
|
distance vision
|
dv
|
double vision
|
E
|
eye
|
ECCE
|
extracapsular cataract extraction
|
EENT
|
eye, ear, nose & throat
|
EM
|
emmetropia
|
ENG
|
electronystagmography
|
EOM
|
extraocular movement
|
ERG
|
electroretinography
|
ET
|
esotropia
|
ICCE
|
intracapsular cataract extraction
|
IOL
|
intraocular lens
|
IOP
|
intraocular pressure
|
L&A
|
light & accommodation
|
L&D
|
light & distance
|
LE
|
left eye
|
M, My
|
myopia
|
MREM
|
non-rapid eye movement
|
NV
|
near vision
|
OD
|
right eye
|
OS
|
left eye
|
OU
|
each eye
|
PD
|
interpupillary distance
|
PERRLA
|
pupils equal, round, react to light & accommodation
|
RE
|
right eye
|
REM
|
rapid eye movement
|
RK
|
radial keratotomy
|
SMD
|
senile macular degeneration
|
VA
|
visual acuity
|
VF
|
visual field
|
XT
|
exotropia
|
Integumentary System
|
|
BMK
|
birthmark
|
Bx
|
biopsy
|
decub
|
decubitus
|
DLE
|
discoid lupus erythematosus
|
DU
|
decubitus ulcer
|
EAHF
|
eczema, asthma, hayfever
|
EDR
|
electrodermal response
|
EGF
|
epidermal growth factor
|
HD
|
Hansen disease (leprosy)
|
ID
|
intradermal
|
LE
|
lupus erythematosus
|
MM
|
malignant melanoma, multiple myeloma
|
PSS
|
progressive systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)
|
PUVA
|
psoralen ultraviolet A
|
SD
|
skin dose
|
SED
|
skin erythema dose
|
SG
|
skin graft
|
Ski, Sk
|
skin
|
SLE
|
systemic lupus erythematosus
|
SPF
|
skin protection factor
|
sq
|
squamous
|
SQ, SC, subcut, subq.
|
subcutaneous
|
STSG
|
split-thickness skin graft
|
TEN
|
toxic epidermal necrolysis
|
TSF
|
triceps skinfold
|
UV
|
ultraviolet
|
XP, XDP
|
xeroderma pigmentosum
|
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