Gandhi is not the first name that vegans might think of as helping to launch the movement, and yet he did, on November 20, 1931, in London to be precise. He didnât call it âveganâ of course, but it wasnât long before others came up with the word to describe what he was talking about.
The suffix -ostomy means to surgically create an artificial opening or stoma. A colostomy is a surgical creation of an opening between the colon and the body surface. The root word colo means colon. The suffix -otomy means âsurgical cutting into,â or a surgical incision. In order, then, to perform a tracheostomy (the surgical creation of an opening in the trachea), a tracheotomy (the surgical incision into the trachea) must be performed.
Does this suffix mean pertaining to or related to; suffix indicating condition or process; indicating form, size, and formation; describing diagnostic procedures; describing therapeutic procedures; commonly used general suffixes? example: Sarcoma meaning: Tumor or neoplasm indicating a condition or process.