Which medical term means surgical removal of stomach?
A) gastroplasty
B) gastrotomy
C) gastrectomy
D) gastrostomy
C) gastrectomy
Gastr/o means stomach and -ectomy means surgical removal; thus, gastrectomy
means surgical removal of the stomach. -plasty means surgical repair, so gastroplasty means
surgical repair of the stomach. -otomy means incision into; therefore, gastrotomy means incision
into the stomach. -ostomy means surgically create an opening; hence, gastrostomy means create
an opening into the stomach.
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