Because of the meaning of the suffix, a patient scheduled for an aneurysmectomy is going to have a ________
A) "procedure to puncture (the) aneurysm"
B) "process of measuring (the) aneurysm"
C) "surgical removal(of an) aneurysm"
D) "surgically created opening (in an aneurysm)"
C
Explanation: A) The suffix -ectomy does not mean "procedure to puncture."
B) The suffix -ectomy does not mean "process of measuring."
C) Correct!
D) The suffix -ectomy does not mean "surgically created opening."
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