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Suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Centesis | to puncture/tap to draw fluid from |
| desis | surgical fixation, fusion |
| ectomy | excision, removal, cut out |
| pexy | fixation |
| plasty | surgical repair, correction |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| sect | to cut |
| stomy | forming a new opening |
| tome | instrument for cutting |
| tomy | incision into, cut into |
| tripsy | to crush, break down |
| puncture | to pierce a surface |
| assay | examine, analyze |
| gram | written record, recording |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| manometer | instrument for measuring pressure |
| manometry | instrument for measuring pressure |
| meter | instrument for meausre |
| metery | process of measuring |
| opsy | to view |
| scope | instrument for examining |
| scopy | process of examining, examination |
| rrhagia | excessive flow, profuse fluid discharge |
| rrhage | suture |
| rrhea | flow, discharge |
| rrhexis | rupture |
| algia | algesia- pain |
| cele | herniation, swelling |
| cide | killing, agent that kills |
| cyte | cele |
| emia | blood condition |
| ism | condition, disease |
| ist | specialist |
| itis | inflammation |
| logist | one who studies, specialist |
| logia | logy- the study of |
| lysis | destruction. break down |
| megaly | enlarged |
| oid | resembling, like |
| oma | tumor, mass |
| opia | opsia - vision |
| osis | condition of |
| pathy | - disease |
| plasm | growth/formation of tissue |
| pnea | breath, breathing |
| porosis | decrese in density |
| ptosis | drooping, prolapsed |
| ptysis | spitting, spit up |
| spasm | twitching, involuntary contraction |
| therapy | treatment |