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Med Terminology-U1.1
Medical Terminology Unit 1 - Surgical Suffixes
Term | Definition |
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-centesis | surgical puncture |
arthr/o | joint |
-desis | binding, fixation |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
append | appendix |
-lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
thromb/o | blood clot |
-pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
mast/o | breast |
-plasty | surgical repair |
rhin/o | nose |
-rrhaphy | suture |
my/o | muscle |
-stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
-tome | instrument to cut |
oste/o | bone |
-tomy | incision |
trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
-tripsy | crushing |
lith/o | stone, calculus |