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Medical Terminology
Procedural Suffixes
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Veterinary Medicine
Professional
05/26/2020

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Term
-CENTESIS
Definition
Puncture and
ex: abdominocentesis (puncture of spiration abdominal cavity to remove fluid)
Term
-ECTOMY
Definition
Surgical removal
ex: appendectomy (surgical removal of the appendix)
Term
-GENIC
Definition
Producing, forming
ex: teratogenic (causing birth defects)
Term
-GRAPHY
Definition
Process of recording
ex: mammography (x-ray photograph of breast tissue)
Term
-LYSIS
Definition
Separation
ex: Dialysis (separation of waste materials from the blood)
Term
-OPSY
Definition
View of, vision
ex: Biopsy (removal of living tissue for examination)
Term
-PLASTY
Definition
Surgical repair
ex: rhinoplasty (plastic surgery of the nose)
Term
-SCOPY
Definition
Visual Examination
ex: Arthroscopy (visual examination of the joints)
Term
-STOMY
Definition
Opening
ex: Tracheostomy (cutting an air/drainage opening to the trachea)
Term
-TOMY
Definition
Incision, cutting
ex: blepharatomy (surgical incision of an eyelid)
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