Suffixes Flashcards
-centesis
To puncture, perforate, or tap, thereby permitting withdrawal of substances
-ectomy
To excise or surgically remove
-ize
Use, subject to
-pexy
Fixation or suturing (a stabilizing type of repair)
-plasty
To shape, the surgical formation of, or plastic surgery (to improve function, to relieve pain, or for cosmetic reasons)
-rrhaphy
To surgically repair by joining in a seam or by suturing together
-stomy
To make a new, artificial opening in a hollow organ (to the outside of the body or between two hollow organs)
-tomy
To incise or cut into
-algia
Pain
-emesis
Vomit
-emia
Blood condition
-esis, -iasis, -asis
Infestation or infection with, a condition characterized by
-genesis
Development, origin
-ism
A state or condition, a fact of being, result of a process
-itis
Inflammation of
