Choose the correct medical term for removal of fatty plaques from inside an artery
A) endarterectomy
B) phlebotomy
C) endarterotomy
D) phlebectomy
A
Explanation: Two choices are eliminated because the suffix -tomy means "incision or cut." Phlebectomy is next eliminated because phleb/o is the combining form for vein. The correct answer is end-, "inside"; arter, "artery"; and -ectomy, "surgical excision or removal."
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