| ATDDE | aqueous tear deficient dry eye |
| CED | corneal epithelial damage |
| CjED | conjunctival epithelial damage |
| CMP | corneal mucus plaque |
| DEDs | dry eye diseases |
| FBUT | fluorescein breakup time |
| MGD | meibomian gland dysfunction |
| NIBUT | noninvasive breakup time |
| PP | patchy pattern |
| PPCS | patchy pattern corneal staining |
| SG | spread grade |
| SPK | superficial punctate keratopathy |
| SS | Sjögren’s syndrome |
| ST1 | Schirmer 1 test |
| TMR | tear meniscus radius |
| TFLL | tear film lipid layer |