OD

See also: Appendix:Variations of "od"

English

Alternative forms

  • O.D. (Doctor of Optometry)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /oʊdiː/

Noun

OD (uncountable)

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

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.

Anagrams


Latin

Noun

OD

  1. oculus dexter, the right eye
  2. the organ of sight; the eye
  3. (Can we verify(+) this sense?) a doctor's degree in optometry
  • (right eye): OS (oculus sinister) (left eye)
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