Suffixes Associated With Surgical And Diagnostic Procedures Chapter 2

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-centesis surgical procedure

amni/o/centesis
-clasis a break

oste/o/clasis
-desis binding

arthr/o/desis
-ectomy surgical excision, surgical removal, resection

vas/ectomy
-gram a weight, mark, record

dactyl/o/gram
-graph instrument for recording

radi/o/graph
-graphy recording

mamm/o/graphy
-ize to make, to treat or combine with

an/esthet/ize
-lysis destruction, separation, breakdown, loosening

lip/o/lysis
-meter instrument to measure, measure

audi/o/meter
-metry measurment

pelvi/metry
-opsy to view

bi/opsy
-pexy surgical fixation

gastr/o/pexy
-pheresis remove

plasma/pheresis
-plasty surgical repair

rhin/o/plasty
-rrhaphy suture

my/o/rrhaphy
-scope instrument for examining

ophthalm/o/scope
-scopy visual examination, to view, examine

lapar/o/scopy
-stomy new opening

ile/o/stomy
-tome instrument to cut

derma/tome
-tomy incision

myring/o/tomy
-tripsy crushing

lith/o/tripsy