Medical Terminology

-centesis

Surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
-ectomy

excision (surgical removal or cutting out)
-lysis

process of loosing, freeing, or destroying
-pexy

surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)
-plasty

surigical repair
-rrhaphy

suture (uniting a wound by stitches)
-scopy

visual examination with a lighted instrument (this is not always a surgical procedure)
-stomy

formation of an opening
-tome

an instrument used for cutting
-tomy

incision (cutting into tissue)
-tripsy

surgical crushing

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Medical Terminology

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Ch2 suffixes

Updated

2010-01-24T22:39:07Z

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