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Med Term
surgical suffixes
Term | Definition |
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Tome | instrument used to cut slices |
tomy | cut into, incise or incision |
ectomy | cut out, remove,excise or excision |
ostomy | cut a new surgical opening |
derma/tome | instrument used to cute slices of skin |
gastr/o/tomy | incision into stomach |
duoden/ectomy | removal of duodenum |
col/ostomy | creating opening in colon |
gastr/ectomy | removal of all or part of stomach |
gastr/ostomy | surgical opening in sotmach |