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Med Term
surgical suffixes
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tome | instrument used to cut slices |
| tomy | cut into, incise or incision |
| ectomy | cut out, remove,excise or excision |
| ostomy | cut a new surgical opening |
| derma/tome | instrument used to cute slices of skin |
| gastr/o/tomy | incision into stomach |
| duoden/ectomy | removal of duodenum |
| col/ostomy | creating opening in colon |
| gastr/ectomy | removal of all or part of stomach |
| gastr/ostomy | surgical opening in sotmach |