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term and abb 3450
3450 terminology and abbrev week 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ERISA | Employees Retirement Income security Act |
| HO | Hearing Officer |
| ALJ | Administrative Law Judge |
| NPI | National Provider Identifier |
| FTC | Federal Trade commission |
| OD | Right Eye |
| OS | Left Eye |
| OU | Each Eye or Both Eyes |
| SC | Snellen Chart |
| AD | Right Ear |
| AS | Left Ear |
| AU | Each Ear or Both Ears |
| As | Astigmatism |
| CAT | Cataract |
| G | Glaucoma |
| Otic | pertaining to the eye or sight |
| Extraoclar | Outside the eyeball |
| Blepharoptisis | Drooping of the upper eyelid |
| Conjuctivitis | inflammation of the conjunctiva (aka pink eye) |
| Papilledema | Swelling & inflammation of the optic nerve (aka choked disk) |
| Diplopia | Double vision |
| Nyctalopia | Night blindness or night vision |
| Presbyopia | Condition of common changes in the eyes that occur with aging |
| Esotropia | Cross eyes |
| Exotropia | Wall eyes |
| Tonometry | The measurement of intraocular pressure |
| Orbitotomy | Surgical incision into the orbit or boney socket. |
| Tarsorrhhaphy | partial or complete suturing together of the upper and lower eyelids |
| Keratotomy | Surgical incision into the cornea |
| Pseudophakia | an eye in which the natural lens has been replaced with an intraocular lens. |
| Rentinopexy | Surgical fixation used to reattach the retina |
| Myringopathy | disease of the tympanic membrane or eardrum |
| Otalgia | earache (pain in the ear) |
| Otopyorrhea | flow of pus from the ear |
| Otosclerosis | Anklyosis of the bone of the middle ear |