Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0088 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-ectomy: Excision
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The idea
The suffix ectomy names surgical removal of the structure its root identifies.
In practice
Appendectomy is surgical removal of the appendix.
Where people slip
Three surgical suffixes are confused with one another in every direction.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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- 0089-otomy: Incision
- 0110Choosing Among -ectomy, -otomy, and -ostomy
- 0112Capstone: Eight Terms Decoded by Suffix
- 0364Capstone: Twelve Musculoskeletal Terms Decoded
- 0446Building Cardiovascular Terms
- 0500Capstone: Ten Lymphatic and Immune Terms Decoded
- 0623Building Digestive Terms
- 0624Capstone: Fourteen Digestive Terms Decoded
- 0709Building Urinary and Reproductive Terms
- 0710Capstone: Sixteen Urinary and Reproductive Terms Decoded
- 0876Capstone: Twelve Endocrine Terms Decoded
- 0991Capstone: One Root Across Four Units
- 0996Capstone: Building Twelve Terms From Nothing
- 0997Capstone: Reading an Operative Sentence
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