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Suffixes
suffixes indicating surgical procedures
Term | Definition |
---|---|
-clasia | surgical breaking |
-desis | surgical fusing |
-ectomy | surgical removal |
-ostomy | surgically create an opening |
-otomy | cutting into |
-pexy | surgical fixation |
-plasty | surgical repair |
-rrhaphy | to suture |
-tome | instrument to cut |
-tripsy | surgical crushing |