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Medical Terminology1
Medical Terminology - Chapter 2
Suffix | Meaning |
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-centesis | aspirate or remove fluid |
-ectomy | excision or removal |
-lysis | loosening, freeing, destroying |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-scopy | visual examination w/lighted instrument |
-stomy | formation of an opening |
-tomy | incision |
-tripsy | surgical crushing |
aden/o | gland |
angi/o | vessel |
append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
blephar/o | eyelid |
cardi/o | heart |
cerebr/o | brain |
encephal/o | brain |
chir/o | hand |
col/o | colon or large intestine |
cutane/o | skin |
derm/a | skin |
faci/o | face |
mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
neur/o | nerve |
ophthalm/o | eye |
oste/o | bone |
ot/o | ear |
tonsill/o | tonsil |
trache/o | trachea |
vas/o | vessel |