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Surgical suffixes
Question | Answer |
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-centesis | Surgical puncture |
-clasis | To break; surgical fracture |
-desis | Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
-ectomy | Excision, removal |
-lysis | Separation; destruction; loosening |
-pexy | Fixation (of an organ) |
-plasty | Surgical repair |
-rraphy | Suture |
-stomy | Forming of an opening (mouth) |
-tome | Instrument to cut |
-tomy | Incision |
-tripsy | Crushing |