Medical Terminology- Chapter1 -Suffix

Words and definitions followed by medical terminlolgy systems: a body systems approach, 5th ed, Gylys and Wedding

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-centesis
Surgical puncture
-clasis
To break; surgical fracture
-desis
Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
-ectomy
Excision, removal
Separation; destruction; loosening
-lysis
Fixation of an organ
-pexy
Surgical repair
-plasty
Suture
-rrhaphy
-stomy
Forming an opening (mouth)
-tome
Instrument to cut
Incision
-tomy
Crushing
-tripsy
Record, writing
-gram
-graph
Instrument for recording
Process of recording
-graphy