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Surgical Suffixed
Medical Terminology
Term | Definition |
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centesis | puncture |
ectomy | excision,removal |
stomy | forming an opening |
tome | instrument to cut |
tomy | incisions, cut into |
desis | binding or fixation of a bone or joint |
pexy | binding or fixation of an organ |
rrhaphy | suture |
plasty | surgical repair |
clasis | break, fracture |
lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
tripsy | crushing |
algia | pain |
dynia | pain |
cele | hernia or swelling |
ectasis | dilation, expansion |
emesis | vomiting |
emia | blood condition |
gen | producing, forming, orgin |
genesis | forming,producing, orgin |
gram | record |
graph | instrument for recording |
graphy | process of recording |
iasis | abnormal condition produced by something specific |
itis | inflammation |
lith | calculus, stone |
logist | specialist in the study of |
logy | study of |
malacia | softening |
megaly | enlargement |
meter | instrument for measuring |
metry | act of measuring |
oid | resembling |
oma | tumor |
osis | abnormal condition with blood cells |
para | offspring, to bear |
paresis | partial paralysis |
penia | decrease, deficiency |
phagia | eating,swallowing |
phasia | speech |
philia | attraction to |
phobia | fear |
plasia | formation, growth |
plegia | paralysis, stroke |
poiesis | formation, production |
ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
rrhage | burst forth |
rrhagia | burst forth |
rrhea | discharge, flow |
rrhexis | rupture |
scope | instrument to view or examine |
scopy | visual examination |
spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
stasis | standing still |
stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
toxic | poison |
trophy | development, nourishment |