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Surgerical Procedures, Diseases/Conditions, Instruments, Procedures and Machines

TermDefinition
-centesis to puncture
-ize use, subject to
-plasty to improve function, to relieve pain or cosmetic reasons
-tomy to incise or cut into
-ectomy to excise or remove surgically
-pexy fixation or suturing
-rraphy to surgically repair by joining a seam or suturing
-algia pain
-emia blood condition
-genesis development, origin
-itis inflammation of
-oma tumour
-path, pathy disease
-phage, phagy eating
-plasia, plastic, plasty forming, growing or changing
-rrhea flow or discharge
-emesis vomit
-esis, iasis, asis infestation or infection
-ism a state or condition
-megaly enlarged
-osis abnormal condition or process of degeneration
-penia deficiency or lack of
-phobia abnormal fear
-pnea breathing
-logy the study of
-metra uterus
-graph instrument or machine that writes or records
-graphy procedure of using an instrument or machine to record
-gram picture or graph produced
-meter instrument or machine that measure or counts
-metry, imetry procedure of measuring
-scope instrument for examination, viewing and listening
-scopy act of examining or using the scope
-tome instrument for cutting into smaller or thinner sections
-stomy to make a new artificial opening in a hollow organ, or to make a new opening between two hollow organs
-uria the condition of having a specified substance in the urine
-ness state, condition, quality
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