Ch.2 Suffixes In Surgical Procedures Flashcards by Elizabeth Sanchez | Brainscape

Q

-centesis

A

Surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid

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-ectomy

A

Excision

Surgical removal or cutting out

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-lysis

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Process of loosening, freeing or destroying

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Q

-pexy

A

Surgical fixation

fastening in a fixed position

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Q

-plasty

A

Surgical repair

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Q

-rrhaphy

A

Suture

uniting a wound by stitches

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-scope

A

Instrument used for viewing

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-scopy

A

Visual examination with lighted instrument

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-stomy

A

Formation of an opening

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-tome

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instrument used for cutting

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-tomy

A

Incision

cutting into tissue

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-tripsy

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Surgical crushing

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