Chapter 3 - Word Parts: Suffixes in Surgical Procedures Flashcards
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-ectomy
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Excision (surgical removal or cutting out)
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-centesis
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Surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
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-lysis
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Process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
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-pexy
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Surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)
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-plasty
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Surgical repair
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-rrhaphy
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Suture (uniting a wound by stitches)
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-scope
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Instrument used for viewing (also used in diagnostic procedures)
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-scopy
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Visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always a surgical procedure)
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-stomy
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Formation of an opening
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-tome
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An instrument used for cutting
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-tomy
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Incision (cutting into tissue)
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-tripsy
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Surgical crushing
