Verified corpus entry

dermatotomy

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Morphology rail

Construction: Root dermat-, skin; Suffix -otomy, cutting into; reconstructs dermatotomy.

  1. 01ROOT / Root

    dermat-

    Surface: dermat

    skin

  2. 02SUF / Suffix

    -otomy

    Surface: otomy

    cutting into

dermatotomy

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

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  1. Source 1

    Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean

    National Library of Medicine, NIH

    External link to medlineplus.gov; opens in a new tab.

  2. Source 2

    Medical Terminology, 2nd ed., Chapter 1 - Identifying Word Parts

    National Library of Medicine, Open Resources for Nursing

    External link to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov; opens in a new tab.

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