Suffixes surgical procedures Flashcards


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-tripsy

surgical crushing

2

-tomy

incision (cutting into tissue)

3

-tome

an instrument used for cutting

4

-stomy

formation of an opening

5

-scopy

visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always surgical)

6

-rrhaphy

suture (uniting a wound by stitches)

7

-plasty

surgical repair

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-pexy

surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)

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-lysis

process of loosening, freeing, or destroying

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-ectomy

excision (surgical removal or cutting up)

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-centesis

surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid