Medical Terms Most People Don’t Understand But Should
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Julia Austin
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Otomy
Otomy, like ectomy, refers to cutting but in any type of otomy nothing is being removed. Instead, the body is just being cut into. Sometimes, something is inserted, like in the case of a gastronomy, when a feeding tube is put inside the stomach.
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