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-centesis |
Surgical Puncture
Athr/o/centesis- puncture of a joint space with a needle and the withdraw of fluid Arth/o: joint |
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-clasis |
To break; surgical fracture
Oste/o/clasis- surgical fracture of a bone to correct a deformity. Oste/o: bone |
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-desis |
Binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)
arthr/o/desis- binding together of a joint arth/o: joint |
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-ectomy |
excision, removal append/ectomy- excision of the appendix Append: appendix |
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-lysis |
separation; destruction; loosening thromb/o/lysis- destruction of a blood clot thromb/o: blood clot |
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-pexy |
Fixation (of an organ) Mast/o/pexy- fixation of the breast Mast/o: breast |
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-plasty |
Surgical repair Rhin/o/plasty- surgical repair of the nose Rhin/o: nose |
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-rraphy |
Suture my/o/rraphy: suture of a muscle My/o: muscle |
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-stomy |
forming an opening (mouth) Trache/o/stomy- forming an opening into the trachea trache/o: trachea (windpipe) |
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-tome |
instrument to cut oste/o/tome- instruments to cut bone oste/o: bone |
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-tomy |
Incision trache/o/tomy- incision (through the neck) into the trachea trache/o: trachea (windpipe) |
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-tripsy |
Crushing Lith/o/tripsy- crushing a stone lith/o: stone, calculus |
