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Surgical Procedures
Suffixes
Question | Answer |
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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 |