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Suffixes: Surg. Proc
Suffixes: Surgical Procedures
Question | Answer |
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-centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid |
-ectomy | excision (surgical removal or cutting out) |
-lysis | process or lossening, freeing, or destroying |
-pexy | surgical fixation (fastening n a fixed position) |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture (uniting a wound by stitches) |
-scopy | visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procededure) |
-stomy | formation of an opening |
-tome | an instrument used for cutting |
-tomy | incision (cutting into tissue) |
-tripsy | surgical crushing |