OD

See also: Appendix:Variations of "od"

Translingual

Etymology

Abbreviation of Latin oculus dexter.

Symbol

OD

(optometry) the right eye

Alternative forms

O.D.

Coordinate terms

OS (“left eye”)

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌoʊˈdiː/
Audio (AU) (file)
Rhymes: -iː

Noun

OD (countable and uncountable, plural ODs)

(informal) Initialism of overdose; also O.D.
(professional degree) Initialism of Doctor of Optometry; also O.D.
Initialism of overdrive.
Initialism of overdraft.
Initialism of optical density.
(of a pipe or tube) Initialism of outer diameter.
(Australia, on road signs) Initialism of over dimension, used on route numbers for large vehicles, and normally followed by a numeral, e.g. OD5.
(management) Initialism of Organization development.

Verb

OD (third-person singular simple present ODs or OD's, present participle ODing or OD'ing or OD-ing, simple past and past participle ODed or OD'ed or OD'd)

(informal) To take an overdose of a drug, to overdose.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, OCLC 59891543, page 26:
  ‘My brother... is at Radley, on account of my parents thinking it a bad idea to have both of us at the same school.’
  ‘On account of your being twins?’ said Adrian.
  ‘Right, on account of my mother OD-ing on fertility drugs.’

Anagrams

D&O, D.O., DO, d/o, do, do.