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Medical Procedures

Tell common procedures apart by their suffixes.

What to know

Compare -ectomy for removal, -otomy for incision, and -scopy for visual examination. Gastrectomy and gastrotomy both involve the stomach, but their endings describe different procedures.

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What does appendectomy mean?

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