Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0110 worked example, 60 to 90 seconds
Choosing Among -ectomy, -otomy, and -ostomy
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The idea
Choosing among the three surgical suffixes means asking what happened to the structure: was it removed, opened, or given a permanent opening?
In practice
Three decisions on one root, colon.
Where people slip
Otomy and ostomy differ by one letter and by whether the patient leaves with an opening. Read the letter.
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