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Med Oc Test 5
Some Suffixes You Should Know
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| algia | pain |
| emia | blood |
| it is | inflammation |
| lysis | to break down or destroy |
| oid | like |
| opathy | common term used to describe any type of disease |
| pnea | breathing or breath |
| centesis | refers to puncturing a caving in order to remove fluid |
| ectomy | the surgical removal of something |
| ostomy | to make a permanent opening into a body space |
| otomy | cutting into or incising something |
| orrhapy | to structure or surgically repair something |
| opexy | an uncommon suffix meant to surgically repair something into place |
| plasty or oplasty | both terms mean to surgically repair something |
| otripsy | used for crushing or destroying something |
| ology | the study of |