Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0090 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-ostomy: Creating an Opening
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The idea
The suffix ostomy names the surgical creation of a permanent opening into the structure its root identifies.
In practice
Colostomy is a surgical opening from the colon to the body surface.
Where people slip
Otomy cuts and closes. Ostomy cuts and leaves an opening.
Your place on the trail
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