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Suffixes: Surg. Proc
Suffixes: Surgical Procedures
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid |
| -ectomy | excision (surgical removal or cutting out) |
| -lysis | process or lossening, freeing, or destroying |
| -pexy | surgical fixation (fastening n a fixed position) |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture (uniting a wound by stitches) |
| -scopy | visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procededure) |
| -stomy | formation of an opening |
| -tome | an instrument used for cutting |
| -tomy | incision (cutting into tissue) |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |