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17 Cards in this Set
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-centesis
Example: Paracentesis |
puncture of a cavity
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-cis
Example: excise |
cut
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-clastic
Example: osteoclastic |
breaking down
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-clasis
Example: osteoclasis |
breaking
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-desis
Example: anthrodesis |
binding or fusion
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-ectomy
Example: bunionectomy |
excision or cut out
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-gram, -graphy
Example: radiography |
act or method of recording
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-lysis
Example: hydrolysis |
setting free or dissolution
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-ostomy
Example: tracheostomy |
creation of a mouth or opening
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-otomy
Example: tracheotomy |
cutting into
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-pexy
Example: cystopexy |
fixation
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-plasty
Example: rhinoplasty |
modeling or shaping
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-rrhaphy
Example: herniorrhaphy |
repair or closure by suturing
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-scope, -scopy
Example: microscope |
looking at or examining
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-sect
Example: dissect |
cut
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-tome
Example: dermatome |
instrument for cutting
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-tripsy
Example: lithotripsy |
rubbing or crushing
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