OD

See also: Appendix:Variations of "od"

English

Alternative forms

• O.D. (Doctor of Optometry)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oʊdiː/

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Noun

OD (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of overdose.
2. oculus dexter, the right eye
3. (professional degree) Doctor of Optometry
4. Abbreviation of overdrive.
5. Abbreviation of overdraft.
6. Initialism of optical density.
7. (of a pipe or tube) Initialism of outer diameter.
8. (Australia, on road signs) Initialism of over dimension, used on route numbers for large vehicles, and normally followed by a numeral, eg. OD5.
9. (management) Initialism of Organization development.

See also

• (right eye): OS (oculus sinister, the left eye), OU (oculus uterque, each eye or both eyes; also explained as oculi uterque, both eyes)

Verb

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

1. (informal) To take an overdose of a drug, to overdose.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 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.

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Latin

Noun

OD m (indeclinable)

1. oculus dexter, the right eye

Related terms

• (right eye): OS (“oculus sinister”) (left eye)