FRONT DESK
EQUIPMENT
OPTOMETRY TERMINOLOGY
EYE DISEASE
ABBREVIATIONS
100

LIFE LINE TO THE BUSINESS

TELEPHONE

100

MACHINE USED TO READ GLASSES

LENSOMETER

100

IRIS

COLORED PART OF EYE

100

A CLOUDING OF THE LENS THAT CAN LEAD TO VISION LOSS

CATARACTS

100

PT

PATIENT

200

WHAT WE USE EVERYDAY TO SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS

COMPUTER

200

MACHINE USED TO CHECK INTRA OCULAR PRESSURE

NCT (NON CONTACT TONOMETER

200

AN IMPERFECTION IN THE CORNEA THAT MAKES IT HARD TO FOCUS- YOUR EYE IS MORE FOOTBALL SHAPED

ASTIGMATISM

200

DAMAGE TO OPTIC NERVE-TYPICALLY WITH HIGH PRESSURES

GLAUCOMA

200

DOB

DATE OF BIRTH

300

NAME OF EHR (ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD) 

EYECLOUD PRO

300

USED TO CHECK THE EYE'S STRUCTURE

SLIT LAMP

300

HARD TO SEE OBJECTS THAT ARE FAR AWAY

NEARSIGHTEDNESS

(NEAR=MYOPIA=MINUS)

300

INFLAMMATION OF THE CONJUNCTIVA (WHITE PART)

CONJUNCTIVITIS 

300

GL

GLASSES

400

GREETING WHEN ANSWERING PHONE

"PERKS OF EYE CARE, HOW CAN I HELP YOU" 

" HELLO, PERKS OF EYE CARE" 

"PERKS OF EYE CARE, THIS IS_____" 

400

USED TO CHECK HEALTH BEHIND EYE USING PHOTOS

OPTOS

400

AN AGE-RELATED CONDITION THAT MAKES IT HARD TO FOCUS ON CLOSE OBJECTS

PRESBYOPIA

(PLUS POWER FOR READING ONLY- TYPICALLY IN PT'S 40 YEARS OLD AND UP)

400

A CONDITION THAT OCCURS WHE THE RETINA PULLS AWAY FROM THE REST OF THE EYE

RETINAL DETACHMENT

400

SX

SURGERY

500

WHAT SKILL IS MOST IMPORTANT 

CUSTOMER SERVICE

500

USED TO GET BASIC MEASUREMENTS BEFORE PATIENTS EXAM

A/R (AUTO-REFRACTOR)

500

HARD TO SEE OBJECTS THAT ARE CLOSE BY

FARSIGHTEDNESS

(FAR=HYPEROPIA=PLUS)

500

A CONDITION THAT OCCURS WHEN TEAR GLANDS DON'T WORK WELL, CAUSING BURNING OR STINGING

DRY EYE SYNDROME

500

DM

DIABETIC/DIABETES

(DIABETIC MELLITUS)

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