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BASIC MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY SUBCOURSE ... - EnglishZone

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224 -stomy is the suffix meaning surgical<br />

creation of an artificial opening.<br />

Therefore, a colostomy is an<br />

__________ into the colon.<br />

ko-los'to-me<br />

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225 -tomy is the suffix meaning incision or<br />

cutting into. A laparotomy, then, is an<br />

__________ in the abdominal wall.<br />

artificial opening<br />

lap-ah-rot'o-me<br />

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226 The suffix for binding or fixation is<br />

-desis. Arthrodesis, then, is the<br />

medical term for surgical<br />

__________/__________ of a joint.<br />

incision<br />

ar"thro-de'sis<br />

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binding/fixation<br />

MD0010 4-15

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