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Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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Centesis | to puncture/tap to draw fluid from |
desis | surgical fixation, fusion |
ectomy | excision, removal, cut out |
pexy | fixation |
plasty | surgical repair, correction |
rrhaphy | suture |
sect | to cut |
stomy | forming a new opening |
tome | instrument for cutting |
tomy | incision into, cut into |
tripsy | to crush, break down |
puncture | to pierce a surface |
assay | examine, analyze |
gram | written record, recording |
graph | instrument for recording |
graphy | process of recording |
manometer | instrument for measuring pressure |
manometry | instrument for measuring pressure |
meter | instrument for meausre |
metery | process of measuring |
opsy | to view |
scope | instrument for examining |
scopy | process of examining, examination |
rrhagia | excessive flow, profuse fluid discharge |
rrhage | suture |
rrhea | flow, discharge |
rrhexis | rupture |
algia | algesia- pain |
cele | herniation, swelling |
cide | killing, agent that kills |
cyte | cele |
emia | blood condition |
ism | condition, disease |
ist | specialist |
itis | inflammation |
logist | one who studies, specialist |
logia | logy- the study of |
lysis | destruction. break down |
megaly | enlarged |
oid | resembling, like |
oma | tumor, mass |
opia | opsia - vision |
osis | condition of |
pathy | - disease |
plasm | growth/formation of tissue |
pnea | breath, breathing |
porosis | decrese in density |
ptosis | drooping, prolapsed |
ptysis | spitting, spit up |
spasm | twitching, involuntary contraction |
therapy | treatment |