B-B

English translation: WTW / White to white

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Spanish term or phrase:B-B
English translation:WTW / White to white
Entered by: David Russell

11:59 May 31, 2018
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Medical - Medical (general) / Ophthalmology
Spanish term or phrase: B-B
Taken from the results of an eye test, in Spain.

The section in the results was:
"Otros data exploratorios" (not very helpful!)
and this was followed by:

B-B 11.7/11.8 Pupilas 6.5/6.3 mm

Don't really have any more to give than that!
David Russell
Spain
Local time: 18:20
WTW / White to white
Explanation:
El original parece aludir al diámetro blanco-blanco o diámetro horizontal de la córnea. En inglés expresado habitualmente como white to white (WTW) o corneal horizontal diameter.

Distancia blanco-blanco:
Es la medida del diámetro corneal horizontal y es importante en el cálculo de lente intraoculares fáquicas en pacientes con altos defectos refractivos
http://www.clinicarementeria.es/pruebas-diagnosticas/pruebas...

el diámetro horizontal del iris visible (diámetro blanco-blanco, WTW)
https://cataract-community.zeiss.com/introduccion-a-la-biome...

The corneal horizontal diameter (white-to-white) is abnormal in diseases like (...)
The average corneal diameter was 11.71 +/- 0.42 mm. 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/15778595/
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Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 18:20
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!
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Summary of answers provided
4WTW / White to white
Chema Nieto Castañón
2“B” vertical box measurement "left eye-right eye"
David Brown


  

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17 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
“B” vertical box measurement "left eye-right eye"


Explanation:
with no other context, it could be this. But I should say that the large majority of acronyms in ophthalmology tend to be universal

Ophthalmic Optics
www.opt.indiana.edu/optlib\clasnote\Ophthalmic Optics, Fall...

Sep 7, 2004 - Measuring eye size: Measure from the inside of the groove on one ... The B dimension is the vertical measure of the box enclosing the lens.
Frame measurement & marking - SlideShare
https://www.slideshare.net/vivekparmar5/frame-measurement-ma...

May 9, 2014 - The depth of lens, measured as the vertical depth through the datum ... The box between the numbers means that the eye size is measured ...
Glasses Size | How to Measure for Eyeglasses Frame Size
https://www.framesdirect.com/knowledge-center/glasses-size.h...

Learning the measurements of your eyeglasses can help you get a perfect fit. ... size are often next to each other, but are sometimes separated by a square box ... Eyes should be centered in the width of the lenses- Frames that are too wide wil

David Brown
Spain
Local time: 18:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 609
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3 days 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
WTW / White to white


Explanation:
El original parece aludir al diámetro blanco-blanco o diámetro horizontal de la córnea. En inglés expresado habitualmente como white to white (WTW) o corneal horizontal diameter.

Distancia blanco-blanco:
Es la medida del diámetro corneal horizontal y es importante en el cálculo de lente intraoculares fáquicas en pacientes con altos defectos refractivos
http://www.clinicarementeria.es/pruebas-diagnosticas/pruebas...

el diámetro horizontal del iris visible (diámetro blanco-blanco, WTW)
https://cataract-community.zeiss.com/introduccion-a-la-biome...

The corneal horizontal diameter (white-to-white) is abnormal in diseases like (...)
The average corneal diameter was 11.71 +/- 0.42 mm. 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/15778595/

Chema Nieto Castañón
Spain
Local time: 18:20
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 624
Grading comment
Thanks a lot!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  David Brown: A very good answer and well explained
3 days 19 hrs
  -> Thanks David ;)
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