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If someone is quadriplegic, they are paralyzed from the neck down.
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Diabetes insipidus is caused by hyposecretion of ADH by the pituitary
gland.
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An ultrasound procedure is invasive.
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The procedure in which a channel is surgically created between the nasal
cavity and lacrimal sac to promote drainage for an inflamed tear duct is
a dacryocystorhinostomy.
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The directional term proximal means "toward the origin of attachment to
the trunk."
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Combining vowels are not used with prefixes.

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A combining form is a word root with its combining vowel.
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The Greek origin of the combining form lith/o is lithos , which means
"kind."
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The combining form presby/o is defined as present at birth.
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The word root defined as "white" is aden .
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The clinical treatment of urinary disease is known as urology.
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The prefix infer- means "below."

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The medical term that describes a partial loss of hearing is paracusis.
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If a patient is experiencing vomiting and nausea, an antiemetic would be
prescribed to ease the symptoms.
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Irrigation of the stomach is performed during a procedure known as
gastric gavage.
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Damage to the seventh cranial nerve may lead to Bell palsy.