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Surgical/Procedural
Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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-centesis | puncture to withdraw fluid |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-ostomy | surgically create an opening |
-otomy | cutting into |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-gram | record or picture |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-meter | instrument for measuring |
-metry | process of measuring |
-scope | instrument for viewing |
-scopy | process of visually examining |