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Medical Terminology1
Medical Terminology - Chapter 2
| Suffix | Meaning |
|---|---|
| -centesis | aspirate or remove fluid |
| -ectomy | excision or removal |
| -lysis | loosening, freeing, destroying |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -scopy | visual examination w/lighted instrument |
| -stomy | formation of an opening |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| aden/o | gland |
| angi/o | vessel |
| append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| encephal/o | brain |
| chir/o | hand |
| col/o | colon or large intestine |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/a | skin |
| faci/o | face |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea |
| vas/o | vessel |