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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| -centesis | surgical puncture |
| -clasis | to break; surgical fracture |
| -desis | binding, fixation (of bone or Joint) |
| -ectomy | excision, removal |
| -lysis | separation; destruction; loosening |
| -pexy | fixation (of an organ) |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -rrhaphy | suture |
| -stomy | forming an opening |
| -tome | instrument to cut |
| -tomy | incision |
| -tripsy | crushing |
| -oid -ology | |
| -oma | |
| -opia | |
| -opsy | |
| -orrhaphy | |
| -orrhea | |
| -osis | |
| -otomy | |
| -oxia | |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -pepsia | |
| -pexy | fixation |
| -phagia | |
| -phobia | exaggerated fear, sensitivity |
| -phonia | sound |
| -physis | |
| -plasia | formation, development |
| -plasm | |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | deficiency |
| -poiesis | production |
| -ptosis | falling, downward placement |
| -salpinx | tube |
| -sacoma | muscular, fleshlike tumor |
| -schisis | |
| -sclerosis | hardness |
| -stasis | stop, stand |
| -stenosis | narrow, constriction |
| -thorax | chest |
| -tocia | |
| -tome | cutting instrument |
| -trophy | growth |
| -uria | urine |
| -algia | pain |
| -denia | pain |
| -form | specified shape |
| -genesis | production, formation |
| -hexia | condition |
| -ician | specialist |
| -labile | unstable, perishable |
| -logy | study of |
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