[HN Gopher] In medicine what's the difference between an -ectomy...
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In medicine what's the difference between an -ectomy, an -ostomy,
and an -otomy? (1986)
Author : tzs
Score : 65 points
Date : 2024-05-15 20:01 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| mmastrac wrote:
| In pop culture, there's a very common mixup between tracheotomy
| (the actual incision or cut made into the trachea) and
| tracheostomy (the overall procedure involving the creation of the
| hole, aka stoma).
| hn_throwaway_99 wrote:
| Ooooh, that's a great one. Had to pronounce them out in my head
| a couple times to realize I make that mistake all the time.
| m463 wrote:
| So I guess tracheology is the study of throats, and
| tracheaectomy is what werewolves would do.
| stapedium wrote:
| To make even more confusing, laryngology is the surgical
| specialty you would go see for a tracheal issue in the neck.
| (where a trach is performed) And a head and neck surgeon
| (oncologic surgery) is the one that performs the most
| laryngectomies. Fricken otolaryngologists...isnt the one name
| complicated enough.
| madeofpalk wrote:
| I've been watching through Greys Anatomy all year, and
| eventually they just shorten it to trach', which covers both I
| guess!
| acheron wrote:
| When I was a newborn I had a "pyloromyotomy", wherein they cut
| the pyloric muscle. As I understand it, an -otomy is cutting
| something, a -myotomy is specifically cutting a muscle.
| camillomiller wrote:
| Yep, from mys, muscle and mouse (because the movement of the
| muscle reminds the sudden movements of mice). Fibromyalgia ->
| Muscle Fiber Pain.
| tnias23 wrote:
| Add -ectomy to the list
|
| Edit: I'm stupid
| codetrotter wrote:
| > Add -ectomy to the list
|
| It's already there both in the title and in the article
| smegsicle wrote:
| i think he meant -otomy
| codnee wrote:
| That's also there. They mean -ostomy.
| dpig_ wrote:
| That, too, is already there. They mean -opocene.
| spapas82 wrote:
| Well in greek
|
| - tome means cut, incision
|
| - ek-tome is out+cut (ie remove)
|
| - stomia, is from stomio which means mouthpiece
| deathanatos wrote:
| Your comment reminds me of my rhetoric professor, who was
| Greek, and who once expressed to us that memorizing the terms
| in our lesson should be easy, since they were literally just
| the words themselves.
|
| Of course, it was all Greek to me.
| romanhn wrote:
| Memorizing a large amount of Greek and Latin word roots was
| my superpower when I was studying for the SATs. I could
| decipher a large chunk of words even if I've never seen them
| before.
| aatd86 wrote:
| Given your username, seems to have stuck. ;o)
| 867-5309 wrote:
| _salpingo-oophorectomy_ was the first word that sparked my
| interest in etymology
| lainga wrote:
| I am hijacking this thread to express my general displeasure at
| popular use of the word _claustrophobic_. "The room is very
| claustrophobic"?? Really? How else does the wainscoting feel
| today?
| amyjess wrote:
| Similarly, -itis vs. -osis.
|
| -itis means the part of the body is swollen, while -osis means
| the part of the body is damaged.
|
| I found this out back in 2012, when I had a very nasty case of
| tendonitis in one of my feet, and I found out that the vast
| majority of cases of tendonitis should be called tendinosis
| instead, as it's pretty rare for the tendons themselves to swell;
| rather, the tendons themselves deteriorate from overuse.
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