This document provides abbreviations and ways to remember their meanings for various medical terms related to the eye and ear. It includes abbreviations such as PE tube for pressure equalizing tube, EENT for eye, ear, nose, and throat, BC for bone conduction, AU for both ears, OM for otitis media, EM for emmetropia, XT for exotropia, OS for left eye, EOM for extraocular movement, and VA for visual activity. The document aims to help the reader learn and remember common medical abbreviations used for the special senses of the eye and ear.

1. Chapter 13: SPECIAL SENSES:
THE EYE AND EAR
What’s the Abbreviation?
Section J
By: Susan Khorshid

2. Pressure equalizing
tube
Abbreviation:
PE tube
Remember it by…
Pressure: P
Equalizing: E
Tube: Tube

3. Eye, ear, nose & throat
Abbreviation:
EENT
Remember it by..
Eye: E
Ear: E
Nose: N
Throat: T

4. Bone conduction
Abbreviation:
BC
Remember it by…
Bone: B
Conduction: C

5. Both ears
Abbreviation:
AU

6. Otitis media
Abbreviation:
OM
Remember it by…
Otitis: O
Media: M

7. Emmetropia
Abbreviation:
EM
Remember it by…
E: E
…mmetropia: M

8. Exotropia
Abbreviation:
XT
Remember it by…
Ex: X
…tropia: T

9. Left eye
Abbreviation:
OS

10. Extraocular movement
Abbreviation:
EOM
Remember it by…
Extra…: E
…Ocular: O
Movement: M

11. Visual activity
Abbreviation:
VA
Remember it by…
Visual: V
Activity: A

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