Which word parts do you need to build a medical word that means process of cutting or making an incision in the abdomen?

a) -tomy, lapar/o
b) -ectomy, intestin/o
c) -scopy, gastr/o
d) -osis, spir/o


Ans: a) -tomy, lapar/o

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