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Suffixes for Surgical Procedures, Disease/Conditions, Etc.
Veterinary Assistant
33
Veterinary Medicine
Not Applicable
06/09/2019

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Term
-centesis
Definition
to punctuate, perforate or tap-permitting withdrawal of substances (e.g. air, fluid)
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-ectomy
Definition
to excise or surgically remove
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-ize
Definition
use, subject to
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-pexy
Definition
fixation or suturing (a stabilizing type of repair)
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-plasty
Definition
to shape, the surgical formation of, or plastic surgery (meaning to improve function, to relieve pain or for cosmetic reasons)
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-rrhaphy
Definition
to surgically repair by joining in a seam or by suturing together
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-stomy
Definition
to make a new, artificial opening in a hollow organ (to the outside of the body) or to make a new opening between two hollow organs
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-tomy
Definition
to incise or cut into (making an incision)
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-algia
Definition
pain
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-emesis
Definition
vomit
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-emia
Definition
blood condition
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-esis, -iasis, -asis
Definition
infestation or infection with, a condition characterized by
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-genesis
Definition
development, origin
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-ism
Definition
a state or condition, a fact of being, result of a process
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-itis
Definition
inflammation of
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-megaly
Definition
enlarged
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-oma
Definition
tumor
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-osis
Definition
abnormal condition or process of degeneration
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-path, -pathy
Definition
disease
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-penia
Definition
the deficiency or lack of
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-phage, -phagy
Definition
eating
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-phobia
Definition
abnormal fear or intolerance of
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-plasia, -plastic, -plasty
Definition
forming, growing, changing
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-pnea
Definition
breathing
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-rrhea
Definition
discharge or flow
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-graph
Definition
instrument or machine that writes or records
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-graphy
Definition
procedure of using an instrument or machine to record
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-gram
Definition
product, written record, picture or graph produced
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-meter
Definition
instrument or machine that measure or counts
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-metry -imetry
Definition
procedure of measuring
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-scope
Definition
instrument for examining, viewing or listening
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-scopy
Definition
act of examining or using the scope
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-tome
Definition
instrument for cutting, such as into smaller or thinner sections
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