Common Suffixes Flashcards by Rodney Dreier | Brainscape

Q

-centesis

A

Surgical puncture

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-clasis

A

to break; surgical fracture

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-desis

A

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

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-ectomy

A

excision, removal

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Q

-lysis

A

separation; destruction;loosening

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Q

-pexy

A

fixation (of an organ)

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Q

-plasty

A

surgical repair

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Q

-rhaphy

A

suture

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-stomy

A

forming an opening (mouth)

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-tome

A

instrument to cut

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-tomy

A

incision

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-tripsy

A

crushing

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Arthrocentesis

A

surgical puncture of a joint

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osteoclasis

A

surgical fructure of a bone.

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arthrodesis

A

binding of joints

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appendectomy

A

removal of appendix

Q

thrombolysis

A

loosening of a blood clot.

Q

mastopexy

A

fixation of breast

Q

rhinoplasty

A

repair of nose

Q

myorraphy

A

suture of a muscl

Q

tracheostomy

A

from an opening in the windpipe

Q

osteotome

A

instrument to cut a bone

Q

tracheotomy

A

incision of the trachea

Q

lithotripsy

A

crushing a stone