Abbreviation & Terminology
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| ERISA | employees retirement income security act
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| HO | hearing officer
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| ALJ | administrative law judge
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| NPI | national provider identifier
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| FTC | federal trade commission
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| OD | right eye
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| OS | left eye
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| OU | each eye or both eyes
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| SC | snellen chart
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| AD | right ear
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| AS | left ear
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| AU | each ear or both ears
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| AS | astigmatism
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| CAT | cataract
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| G | glaucoma
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| optic | pertaining to the eye or sight
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| extraocular | outside of the eyeball
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| blepharoptosis | drooping of the upper eyelid that is usually due to paralysis
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| conjunctivits | inflammation of the conjunctiva (AKA pinkeye)
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| papilledema | swelling and inflammation of the optic nerve (AKA choked disk)
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| diplopia | the perception of two images of a single object (AKA double-vision)
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| nyctalopia | condition in which an individual with normal daytime vision has difficulty seeing at night (AKA night blindness)
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| presbyopia | condition of common changes in the eyes that occur with aging
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| esotropia | strabismus characterized by an inward deviation of one or both eyes (AKA cross eyes)
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| exotropia | strabismus characterized by the outward deviation of one eye relative to the other (AKA walleye)
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| tonometry | the measurement of intraocular pressure
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| orbitotomy | surgical incision into the orbit or boney socket
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| tarsorrhaphy | partial or complete suturing together of the upper and lower eyelids
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| keratotomy | surgical incision into the cornea
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| pseudophakia | an eye in which the natural lens has been replaced with an intraocular lens
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| retinopexy | surgical fixation used to reattach the retina
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| myringopathy | disease of the tympanic membranes or eardrum
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| otalgia | pain in the ear (AKA earache)
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| otopyorrhea | flow of pus from the ear
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| otosclerosis | ankylosis of the bones of the middle ear resulting in a conductive hearing loss
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