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MOA-6-Chapter 2
MOA-Selected Suffixes Used in Surgical and Diagnostic Procedures
Term | Definition |
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-centesis | surgical procedure |
-clasis | a break |
-desis | binding |
-ectomy | surgical excision, surgical removal, resection |
-gram | a weight, mark, record |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | recording |
-ize | to make, to treat, or combine with |
-lysis | destruction, separation, breakdown, loosening |
-meter | instrument to measure, measure |
-metry | measurement |
-opsy | to view |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-pheresis | remove |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-scope | instrument for examining |
-scopy | visual examination, to view, examine |
-stomy | new opening |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tomy | incision |
-tripsy | crushing |