Multilingual dictionary of abbreviations

Ophthalmology

Ophthalmology, eye treatments; eye disorders…

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Code

Meaning

Language

Themes and places

AAO

Alberta Association of Optometrists

In English

AAO

American Academy of Optometry (www.aaopt.org)

In English

AAPOS

American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

In English

ABI

Auditory Brainstem Implant

In English

ABO

American Board of Ophthalmology (www.abop.org)

In English

ACVO

American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists

In English

AMD

Altersbedingte Makuladegeneration

In German

AMDF

American Macular Degeneration Foundation (www.macular.org)

In English

ANVC

Algemene Nederlandse Vereniging van Contactlensspecialisten (www.ango.nl)

In Dutch

APAM

Association pour les Personnes Aveugles et Malvoyantes (http://apam.qelios.net)

In French

AQDM

Association Québécoise de la Dégénérescence Maculaire

In French

ARVO

Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

In English

ASVO

American Society of Veterinary Ophthalmology (www.asvo.org)

In English

BFY

Banque Française des Yeux (www.bfy.asso.fr)

In French

CAS

Conjonctivite Allergique Saisonnière

In French

CHNO

Centre Hospitalier National d’Ophtalmologie (https://www.15-20.fr/)

In French

CNV

Choroidal Neovascularization

In English

CNV

Choroidal Neovascularisation

In English

CRFAM

Centre de Rééducation Fonctionnelle pour Aveugles et Malvoyants

In English

CTSB

Cape Town Society for the Blind (www.ctsb.co.za)

In English

DEI

Doheny Eye Institute (www.doheny.org)

In English

DME

Diabetic Macular Edema

In English

DMLA

Dégénérescence Maculaire Liée à l'Âge

In French

DTH

Delayed-Type Hypersensitivity

In English

ERG

Electroretinogram

In English

ERG

Electroretinograph(y)

In English

EVER

European Association for Vision and Eye Research (www.ever.be)

In English

ISOPT

International Symposium on Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

In English

ISV

Institut des Sciences de la Vision (www.isvision.fr)

In French

JHG

Julius Hirschberg Gesellschaft

In German

JRO

Journées de Recherche en Ophtalmologie

In French

KCA

Kérato-Conjonctivite Atopique

In French

KCV

Kérato-Conjonctivite Vernale

In French

LHON

Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy

In English

LOA

Leber Optic Atrophy

In English

MEEI

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (https://www.masseyeandear.org/)

In English

NAVP

National Association of Vision Professionals

In English

OMD

Œdème Maculaire Diabétique

In French

OPC

Organisation pour la Prévention de la Cécité (www.opc.asso.fr)

In French

PIO

Pression Intra-Oculaire

In French

PPR

Panphotocoagulation rétinienne

In French

PRL

Preferred Retinal Locus

In English

RD

Rétinopathie Diabétique

In French

RP

Retinitis Pigmentosa

In Latin

RPE

Retinal Pigment Epithelium

In English

RS

Retinoschisis

In English

SFO

Société Française d'Ophtalmologie (www.sfo.asso.fr)

In French

SLO

Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope

In English

VHO

Van Hopplynus Ophtalm

In Dutch

VMD

Vitelliform Macular Dystrophy

In English