Which of the following terms means surgical removal of wrinkles?
A) rhytidotomy
B) rhytidoplasty
C) rhytidectomy
D) rhytidostomy
C) rhytidectomy
Rhytid/o means wrinkles and -ectomy means surgical removal; hence,
rhytidectomy means surgical removal of wrinkles. Rhytid/o means wrinkles and -otomy means to
cut into; thus, rhytidotomy would be to surgically cut into a wrinkle. Rhytid/o means wrinkles
and -plasty means surgical repair; therefore, rhytidoplasty means surgical repair of wrinkles.
Rhytid/o means wrinkles and -ostomy means to surgically create an opening, so rhytidostomy
would be to surgically create an opening in a wrinkle.
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