Medical Terminology / Unit 14 MedTerm 0920 short lesson, about 20 seconds
tom/o: To Cut or Section
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The idea
The combining form tom slash o names cutting, and in imaging names a view taken as a slice.
In practice
Tomography is imaging that produces sectional views.
Where people slip
In imaging the cutting is optical, not surgical. Nothing is physically divided.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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