Verified corpus entry

nephrostomy

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Morphology rail

Construction: Root nephr-, kidney; Suffix -ostomy, surgically created opening; reconstructs nephrostomy.

  1. 01ROOT / Root

    nephr-

    Surface: nephr

    kidney

  2. 02SUF / Suffix

    -ostomy

    Surface: ostomy

    surgically created opening

nephrostomy

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

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    Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean

    National Library of Medicine, NIH

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