-ectomy: Excision
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The suffix ectomy names surgical removal of the structure its root identifies.
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Appendectomy is surgical removal of the appendix.
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Three surgical suffixes are confused with one another in every direction.
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- 0089 -otomy: Incision
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- 0991 Capstone: One Root Across Four Units
- 0996 Capstone: Building Twelve Terms From Nothing
- 0997 Capstone: Reading an Operative Sentence