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SUFFIXES
Surgical suffixes
Term | Definition |
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-clasis | to break, surgical fracture |
-deses | binding, fixation (of a bone or joint) |
-ectomy | excision, removal |
-lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
-pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | suture |
-stomy | forming an opening |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tomy | incision |
-tripsy | crushing |
-gram | record, writing |
-graph | instrument for recording |
-graphy | process of recording |
-scope | instrument for examining |
-scopy | visual examination |
-algia | pain |
-dynia | pain |
-cele | hernia, swelling |
-ectasis | dilation, expansion |
-emesis | vomiting |
-emia | blood condition |
-gen | forming, producing, origin |
-genesis | forming, producing , origin |
-itis | inflammation |
-malacia | softening |
-megaly | enlargement |
-oma | tumor |
-osis | abnormal conditon |
-pathy | disease |
-penia | decrease, deficiency |
-phobia | fear |
-plegia | paralysis |
-ptosis | prolapse, downward displacement |
-rrhea | discharge, flow |
-rrhexis | rupture |
-sclerosis | abnormal condition of hardening |
-spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
-stenosis | narrowing |
-toxic | poison |