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MED 104
MED 104 -1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ACO | Accountable Care Organization |
| EPO | Exclusive Provider Organization |
| HMO | Health Maintenance Organization |
| HRA | Health Reimbursement Account |
| POS | Point of Service Plan |
| DDx | Differential Diagnosis |
| GSW | Gunshot wound |
| Fx | Fracture |
| PRN | as Needed |
| Dx | Diagnosis |
| Alzheimer’s disease | named after Dr. Alois Alzheimer in 1906 |
| Chagas’ disease | named after Carlos Chagas in 1909 |
| Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease | named after Hans Creutzfeldt & Alfons Jakob in 1922 |
| Addison’s syndrome | named after Dr. Thomas Addison in 1850 |
| Münchausen syndrome | named after Baron von Münchausen |
| hard, horny | Kerat/o; example: keratoderma |
| Dry | xer/o; example: xeroderma |
| Xanthroderma | yellow skin |
| Black | Melan/o: example: melanoma |
| Desquamate | skin that comes off like scales or flakes |