Select the suffix that means "surgical creation of an opening."
A) -tocia
B) -tomy
C) -tome
D) -stomy
D
Explanation: Look closely at the spellings of these suffixes: -Stomy, "surgical creation of an opening"; -Tomy, "incision or to cut"; and -tomE, "cutting instrument."
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