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10/ MEDICAL ACRONYMS/EPONYMS (Page 1 of 2) Medical acronyms are pronounceable words formed from the initial letters of each word or selected words in a phrase. Medical eponyms are terms used in medicine which are named after people (and occasionally places or things. Give the meaning of the following ACRONYMS/EPONYMS (see textbook glossary page 990-991) ACRONYMS AIDS -Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome BUN CABG СРАР- GERD HIPAA- MICU - MUGA- NICU PEG - PERRLA- PICU- SIDS SOAP- TURP- EPONYMS (GIVE person) for each eponym Alzheimer disease - Alois Alzheimer, MD, German neurologist, (1864-1915) Apgar score- Bell palsy-

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ACRONYMS:-

- AIDS:- Acquired immuno deficiency syndrome,

- BUN:- Blood urea nitrogen,

- CABG:- Coronary artery bypass graft,

- CPAP:- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure,

- GERD:- Gestroesophageal reflux disease,

- HIPAA:- Heart insurance portability and Accountability Act,

- MICU:- Medical intensive care unit,

- MUGA :- Multigated acquisition scan,

- NICU:- Neonatal intensive care unit,

- PEG:- Percutaneous endoscopic gastronomy

- PERRLA:- Pupils equal, Round, Reactive to light and accommodation,

- PICU:- Pediatric intensive care unit,

- SIDS:- Sudden infant death syndrome,

- SOAP:- Subjective, objective, assessment and plan,

- TURP:- Transurethral resection of the prostate.

EPONYMS:-

- Alzheimer's disease:- Alois Alzheimer , MD, German neurologist ( 1864- 1915).

- Apgar score:- Virginia apgar, American obstetrical anesthesiologist , ( 1909- 1974),

- Bell palsy:- Sir Charles bell, Scottish surgeon, anatimost, physiologist, neurologist ( 1774- 1842),

MEDICAL ACRONYMS/ EPONYMS:-

- Crohn's disease:- Burrill Bernard Crohn, American gastroenterologist, ( 1884- 1983),

- Eustachian tube:- Bartolomeo Eustachi , anatomist, ( 1514- 1574)

- Fallopian tube:- Gabriel Falloppio, anatomist, ( 1523- 1562),

- Foley catheter:- Dr. Frederick Eugene Basil Foley, American Urologist, ( 1891- 1966),

- Huntington disease:- George Huntington, American physician, ( 1850 - 1916),

- Pap test:- George Papanicolaou, cytophathologist, ( 1883- 1962),

- Parkinson disease:- James Parkinson , English surgeon, ( 1755- 1824),

- Salmonella:- Daniel almer salmon, American veterinary surgeon, ( 1850- 1914),

- Whipple procedure:- Allen old father Whipple, American surgeon, ( 1881- 1963).