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Ch. 2 Suffix Surg Pr
Suffixes for Medical Procedures
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid | -centesis |
| excision (surgical removal or cutting out) | -ectomy |
| process of loosening, freeing, or destroying | -lysis |
| surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position) | -pexy |
| surgical repair | -plasty |
| suture (uniting a wound by stitches) | rrhaphy |
| visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure) | -scopy |
| formation of an opening | -stomy |
| an instrument used for cutting | -tome |
| incision (cutting into tissue) | -tomy |
| surgical crushing | -tripsy |