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Surgical Suffixes Flashcards

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-clasis

Osteoclasis

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Surgical Fracture

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-centesis

Arthrocentesis

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Surgical puncture

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-desis

Arthrodesis

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Binding, Fixation (of a bone or a joint)

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-ectomy

Appendectomy

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Excision, Removal

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-lysis

Thrombolysis

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Separation; Destruction; Loosening

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-plasty

Rhinoplasty

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Surgical Repair

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-rrhaphy

Myorrhaphy

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Suture

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-stomy

Tracheostomy

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Forming an opening

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-tomy

Tracheotomy

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Incision (in order to make a tracheostomy, you first make a tracheotomy)

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-tripsy

Lithotripsy

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Crushing

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Surgical suffixes describe…

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a type of invasive procedure on a body part

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