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Chapter 3- suffixes
Surgical And Diagnostics
| Question | Answer | |
|---|---|---|
| -ectomy | excision, removal | Incisions |
| o/stomy | forming an opening (mouth) | Incisions |
| o/tomy | incision | Incisions |
| o/clasis | to break | refracturing, loosening, crushing |
| o/lysis | seperation, destruction, loosening | refracturing, loosening, crushing |
| o/tripsy | crushing | refracturing, loosening, crushing |
| o/desis | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) | plastic operations |
| o/pexy | suspension, fixation (of an organ) | plastic operations |
| o/plasty | surgical repair | platic operations |
| o/rrhapy | suture | plastic operations |
| o/centesis | surgical puncture | diagnostic suffixes |
| o/gram | record, writing | diagnostic suffixes |
| o/graph | instrument for recording | diagnostic suffixes |
| o/graphy | process of recording | diagnostic suffixes |
| o/meter | instrument for measuring | diagnostic suffixes |
| o/metry | act of measuring | diagnostic suffixes |
| o/scope | instrument to view or examine | diagnostic suffixes |
| o/scopy | visual examination | diagnostic suffixes |
| algia / o/dynia | pain | pathological |
| o/cele | hernia, swelling | pathological |
| -ectasis | dilation, expansion | pathological |
| -edema | swelling | pathological |
| -emesis | vomiting | pathological |
| -emia | blood condition | pathological |
| -iasis | abnormal condition | pathological |
| -itis | inflammation | pathological |
| o/lith | stone, calcusus | pathological |
| o/malacia | softening | pathological |
| o/megaly | enlargement | pathological |
| -oma | tumor | pathological |
| o/pathy | disease | pathological |
| o/penia | decrease, deficency | pathological |
| o/plasia / o/plasm | formation, growth | pathological |
| o/rrhage / o/rrhagia | bursting forth (of) | pathological |
| o/rrhea | discharge, flow | pathological |
| o/rrhexis | rupture | pathological |
| -osis | abnormal condition, increase (used only with blood cells) | pathological |
| o/spasm | twitching | pathological |
| o/stenosis | narrowing, stricture | pathological |
| o/toxic | poision | pathological |
| o/trophy | development, nourishment | pathological |
| 0/centesis | surgical puncture | Incisions |