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Surgical Procedures
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 |