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Question | Answer |
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-centesis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
-ec/tom/y | out/cut/procedure or removal |
-o/pex/y | to fixate, position, or to attach |
-o/plast/y | plastic surgery |
-o/rrhaph/y | surgically to suture or repair |
-os/tom/y | new permanent opening or mouth |
-o/tom/y | cutting into, to open, make incision |
-o/tripsy | crushing or destroying |
-o/desis | binding or stabilization |
-clasis | to break down |
-lysis | to loosen(free from adhesion) or destroy |
-cis | to cut |
-cid | to kill |
-stasis | to stop or control |
-sis | medical condition or disease |
-age | something is related to |
-iatr/y | to treat, to heal or cure |
-therap/y | to treat or cure |
-sect/ion | to cut or make several slices of a body part (to cut a part) |