Common Suffixes Flashcards
(24 cards)
1
Q
-centesis
A
Surgical puncture
2
Q
-clasis
A
to break; surgical fracture
3
Q
-desis
A
binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
4
Q
-ectomy
A
excision, removal
5
Q
-lysis
A
separation; destruction;loosening
6
Q
-pexy
A
fixation (of an organ)
7
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair
8
Q
-rhaphy
A
suture
9
Q
-stomy
A
forming an opening (mouth)
10
Q
-tome
A
instrument to cut
11
Q
-tomy
A
incision
12
Q
-tripsy
A
crushing
13
Q
Arthrocentesis
A
surgical puncture of a joint
14
Q
osteoclasis
A
surgical fructure of a bone.
15
Q
arthrodesis
A
binding of joints
16
Q
appendectomy
A
removal of appendix
17
Q
thrombolysis
A
loosening of a blood clot.
18
Q
mastopexy
A
fixation of breast
19
Q
rhinoplasty
A
repair of nose
20
Q
myorraphy
A
suture of a muscl
21
Q
tracheostomy
A
from an opening in the windpipe
22
Q
osteotome
A
instrument to cut a bone
23
Q
tracheotomy
A
incision of the trachea
24
Q
lithotripsy
A
crushing a stone
