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Surgical Suffixes
incisons, refracturing, loosening, crushing,plastic operation
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Undergraduate 1
04/10/2010

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Term
o-clasis
Definition
to break
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o-lysis
Definition
separation, destruction, loosening
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o-tripsy
Definition

Crushing, breaking, or pulverizing

 

Used to designate a surgical procedure in which a structure is intentionally crushed

Term
o-desis
Definition
binding, fixation (of bone or joint)
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o-pexy
Definition
suspension, fixation (of an organ)
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o-plasty
Definition
surgical repair
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o-rrhaphy
Definition
suture (a stitch or series of stitches made to secure apposition of the edges of a surgical or traumatic wound)
Term

Fuse (V)

Fuse to

Fuse with

Definition

If two substance fuse, or if you suse them, they become joined to form one thing

 

If differrent styles, ideas, designs etc fuse,or if you fuse them, they combine to form something new.

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fixation

Definition

The process of holding, suturing, or fastening in a fixed position

 

The condition of being held in a fixed position

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suspension
Definition

The fixation of an organ to other tissue for support, as the uterus

 

Attachment of an organ or other body part to a supporting structure, as of the uterus or bladder in the correction of a hernia or prolapse

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refracture
Definition
the process of breaking a bone which has previously been fractured, but healed in an unsatisfactory manner, usually with a deformity (the part of someone's body that is not the usual shape)
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o-centesis
Definition
surgical puncture
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-ectomy
Definition
excison (removal of a portion or all of an organ or other structure), removal
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o-stomy
Definition
forming an opening (mouth)
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o-tomy
Definition
incision ( A cut into a body tissue or organ, especially one made during surgery)
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