LO1.9 Suffixes related to Medical Procedures

Question 1

-centesis

Answer 1

aspiration or puncture to remove fluid

Question 2

-clasis

Answer 2

to crush or break surgically

Question 3

-cleisis

Answer 3

closure

Question 4

-desis

Answer 4

binding; fixation

Question 5

-ectasis; -ectasia

Answer 5

dilation; expansion

Question 6

-ectomy

Answer 6

removal; excision

Question 7

-lysis; -lytic

Answer 7

breakdown; release; set free; destroy

Question 8

-pexy

Answer 8

surgical fixation

Question 9

-plasty

Answer 9

surgical repair or correction

Question 10

-rrhaphy

Answer 10

suture; repair

Question 11

-scope

Answer 11

instrument for viewing

Question 12

-scopy

Answer 12

visual examination with an instrument

Question 13

-stomy

Answer 13

to create a temporary opening

Question 14

-tome

Answer 14

instrument for cutting

Question 15

-tomy

Answer 15

incision into; to incise

Question 16

-tripsy

Answer 16

to surgically crush or break

Question 17

-coccus; -cocci (plural)

Answer 17

spherical or ovoid bacterium

Question 18

-crine

Answer 18

to secrete

Question 19

-crit

Answer 19

to separate

Question 20

-gram

Answer 20

record or tracing

Question 21

-graph

Answer 21

instrument for recording or tracing

Question 22

-graphy

Answer 22

process of recording or tracing

Question 23

-metre

Answer 23

instrument to measure

Question 24

-phil

Answer 24

love; attraction

Question 25

-phoresis

Answer 25

transmission; to carry