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Surgery suffices
Medical terms for surgery suffuxes
Term | Definition |
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-centesis | Puncture tap |
-desis | Binding, fusion |
-ectomy | Excision, surgical removal |
-pexy | Surgical fixation |
-plasty | Plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction |
-rraphy | surgical repair, sutue |
-stomy | surgical creation of an opening |
-tome | Instrument for incising (cutting) |
-tomy | Incision, cutting |
-tripsy | crushing |