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[[File:Walter_Bailey,_preservation_of_eyesight_Wellcome_L0013128.jpg|thumb|Walter Bailey, preservation of eyesight, published 1587-88]]
[[File:Walter_Bailey,_preservation_of_eyesight_Wellcome_L0013128.jpg|thumb|Walter Bailey, preservation of eyesight, published 1587-88]]
{{resize|130%|'''OD''' means '''right eye'''. '''''oculus dextrus'''''.}}
{{bigger|'''OD''' means '''right eye'''. '''''oculus dextrus'''''.}}


{{resize|130%|'''OS''' means '''left eye'''. '''''oculus sinister'''''.}}
{{bigger|'''OS''' means '''left eye'''. '''''oculus sinister'''''.}}


These are holdover terms from cool latin times! We still use them. Conventionally, OD always comes before OS. [[Optometrists]] use this convention as standard.
These are holdover terms from cool latin times! We still use them. Conventionally, OD always comes before OS. [[Optometrists]] use this convention as standard.