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ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM
This particular abbreviation will often be dictated "triple A," but should always be typed AAA |
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ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
AIDS is almost exclusively pronounced as the word its letter spell. |
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| ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA |
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| ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME |
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BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY
Benign prostatic hyperplasia is also an acceptable expansion of BPH. |
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| CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE |
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CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT
CVA also stands for costovertebral angle and is frequently dictated in the physical exam portion of a report. Make sure, by careful attention to contex, that you use the correct one. |
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DIFFUSE IDIOPATHIC SKELETAL HYPEROSTOSIS
this is almost always dictated as the word it spells "dish" |
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| DEGENERATIVE JOINT DISEASE |
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| GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE |
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| HERNIATED NUCLEUS PULPOSUS |
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| INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS |
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| INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE |
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| POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER |
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| REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY |
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| RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS |
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| SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME |
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| SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS |
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| TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK |
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| UPPER RESPIRATORY INFECTION |
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