Vocabulary for Medical assisting

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Vocabulary for Medical assisting Abandonment - Discontinuation of medical care without proper notice after accepting a patient Abscess - Localized collections of pus that may be under the skin or ... deep within the body Accommodation - The adjustment of the eye that allows a person to see various sizes of objects at different distances Accounts payable - Debts incurred and not yet paid Accounts receivable - Amounts owed to the physician Adhesions - Bands of scar tissue that bind together two anatomic surfaces that normally are separate Adnexal - Pertaining to adjacent or accessory parts Adverse event - An injury caused by medical management rather than the underlying condition of the patient [Show More]

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