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AAPC Chapter 2
Suffixes for Surgery
Term | Definition |
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-centesis | puncture tap |
-desis | binding, fusion |
-ectomy | excision, surgical removal |
-pexy | surgical fixaction |
-plasty | plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction |
-rraphy | surgical repair, suture |
-stomy | surgical creation of an opening |
-tome | instrument for incision (cutting |
-tomy | incision cutting |
-tripsy | crashing |