It means that a 2.5 cm cut was made just above the belly button and the cut was made in a straight line across.
It means that a 2.5 cm cut was made just above the belly button and the cut was made in a straight line across.
No, transverse means crosswise. It would be something across something else. You may make a transverse incision across the abdomen, for example (which could be straight or crooked as long as it is in a cross direction).
If you mean transverse or sideways, yes.If you mean transverse or sideways, yes.
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Incision into a nail
D. A cut
Nephr/o means kidney, -tomy mean incision, so a surgical incision into the kidney is called Nephrotomy.
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If you mean cardiectomy, this means an incision into the heart.
I mean like Transverse, Longitudinal, or Latitudinal waves. Please Edit this, the CAPATCHA wasn't working.
Lacrimotomy is surgical incision of the tear gland or duct. The breakdown is lacromo- (tear) and -tomy (incision).
Yes, the medical terminology combining form -otomy does indeed mean cutting into or surgical incision. It is often used in medical terms to indicate a surgical procedure involving the cutting of a specific part of the body.