SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID FOR ANALYSIS (AMBIOCENTESIS)

SURGICAL REMOVAL (TONSILLECTOMY)

PROCESS OF RECORDING (MAMMOGRAPHY)

SEPARATION, BREAKDOWN, DESTRUCTION (DIALYSIS-separation of waste materials from blood)

VIEW OF, VISION (BIOPSY-removal of tissue for examination)

SURGICAL REPAIR (MAMMOPLASTY-surgical repair of the breasts)

OPENING (TRACHEOSTOMY-draining opening to the trachea)

INCISION, CUTTING (LOBOTOMY-severing the nerve fibers of the frontal lobe of the brain)

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Procedural Suffixes

Question	Answer
-CENTESIS	SURGICAL PUNCTURE TO REMOVE FLUID FOR ANALYSIS (AMBIOCENTESIS)
-ECTOMY	SURGICAL REMOVAL (TONSILLECTOMY)
-GRAPHY	PROCESS OF RECORDING (MAMMOGRAPHY)
-LYSIS	SEPARATION, BREAKDOWN, DESTRUCTION (DIALYSIS-separation of waste materials from blood)
-OPSY	VIEW OF, VISION (BIOPSY-removal of tissue for examination)
-PLASTY	SURGICAL REPAIR (MAMMOPLASTY-surgical repair of the breasts)
-SCOPY	OPENING (TRACHEOSTOMY-draining opening to the trachea)
-TOMY	INCISION, CUTTING (LOBOTOMY-severing the nerve fibers of the frontal lobe of the brain)
PROCEDURAL SUFFIXES