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term and abb 3450
3450 terminology and abbrev week 3
Question | Answer |
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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 |