Tracheotomy
Trache/o- Trachea
-tomy = Surgical opening
Tracheotomy is a surgical incision of the trachea through the neck,
We call this a colostomy. The first part of the word comes from colon as you can imagine and -stom- means mouth or opening. The last part is -my and that means surgery or cutting. Surgery that opens the colon to the outside.
"card-" is the root word for pericardiectomy. "peri-" means around, and "ectomy" means surgical removal. A pericardiectomy is the surgical removal of the sac around the heart.
A door is an opening.
The word that means the opposite of opening and has a short vowel sound is "closing."
manhole
The surgical team was ready to begin the operation.The doctor dropped his surgical mask in the patient.
The surgical procedure to fix a floating kidney is called Nephropexy
Tonsill- means related to tonsils, and -ectomy means surgical removal.
The root word for "trachea" is from the Greek word "tracheia," meaning "rough" or "windpipe."
Cervicectomy breaks down as cervic- meaning neck or cervix, and -ectomy meaning surgical removal. In this context, cervicectomy means surgical removal of the uterine cervix, not surgical removal of the body part between the shoulders and head.
-rraphy means suture