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Online StinkyPete

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Medical Suffixes - Some Trivia
« on: November 18, 2023, 09:47:33 AM »
....ostomy    Semi Permenant Drain
....otomy      Made a hole
....ectomy     Took out
....plasty       Repaired
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Re: Medical Suffixes - Some Trivia
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2023, 11:59:29 AM »
Thanks.  I'm sure a few of us will be building up our collection of these suffixes to our ageing bodies.   :think1
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