Verified corpus entry

cystostomy

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Morphology rail

Construction: Root cyst-, bladder or sac; Suffix -ostomy, surgically created opening; reconstructs cystostomy.

  1. 01ROOT / Root

    cyst-

    Surface: cyst

    bladder or sac

  2. 02SUF / Suffix

    -ostomy

    Surface: ostomy

    surgically created opening

cystostomy

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A source-cited word-part teaching record for cystostomy.

Reference paths

  • cyst- — bladder or sac
  • -ostomy — surgically created opening

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  1. Source 1

    Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean

    National Library of Medicine, NIH

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