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CENTESIS

puncture and aspiration


abdominocentesis (puncture of abdominal cavity to remove fluid)

ECTOMY

surgical removal appendectomy (surgical removal of appendix)

GENIC

producing, forming teratogenic (causing birth defects)

GRAPHY

process of recording mammography (X-ray photography of breasts)

LYSIS

separation dialysis (separation of waste materials from the blood)

OPSY

view of, vision biopsy (removal of living tissue for examination)

PLASTY

surgical repair rhinoplasty (plastic surgery of the nose)

SCOPY

visual examination arthroscopy (visual examination of the joints)

STOMY

opening tracheostomy (cutting an air/drainage opening to the trachea)

TOMY

incision, cutting blepharotomy (surgical incision of an eyelid)