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Medical Terminology
Surgery
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ectomy | excision - removal |
| otomy | incision - cutting |
| sect | to cut |
| ostomy | to make a hole |
| stom | artificial opening - hole |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| sexy | fixation |
| rrhaphy | suturing |
| desis | surgical union |
| clysis | irrigation - washing |
| centesis | removal of fluid |
| tripsy | crushing |
| per/dia | going through |
| opsy | examination |
| metry | measure |
| scopy | to view |
| scope | instrument for viewing |
| tome | instrument for incision |
| meter | instrument to measure |
| poises | formation of blood |