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Mod 3540 Wk 3
Abbreviation & Terminology
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 |
optic | pertaining to the eye or sight |
extraocular | outside of the eyeball |
blepharoptosis | drooping of the upper eyelid that is usually due to paralysis |
conjunctivits | inflammation of the conjunctiva (AKA pinkeye) |
papilledema | swelling and inflammation of the optic nerve (AKA choked disk) |
diplopia | the perception of two images of a single object (AKA double-vision) |
nyctalopia | condition in which an individual with normal daytime vision has difficulty seeing at night (AKA night blindness) |
presbyopia | condition of common changes in the eyes that occur with aging |
esotropia | strabismus characterized by an inward deviation of one or both eyes (AKA cross eyes) |
exotropia | strabismus characterized by the outward deviation of one eye relative to the other (AKA walleye) |
tonometry | the measurement of intraocular pressure |
orbitotomy | surgical incision into the orbit or boney socket |
tarsorrhaphy | 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 |
retinopexy | surgical fixation used to reattach the retina |
myringopathy | disease of the tympanic membranes or eardrum |
otalgia | pain in the ear (AKA earache) |
otopyorrhea | flow of pus from the ear |
otosclerosis | ankylosis of the bones of the middle ear resulting in a conductive hearing loss |