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Chapter 2
Suffixes: surgical, diagnostic, sypmtomatic, and related
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| centesis | puncture |
| ectomy | excision, removal |
| stomy | forming an opening (mouth) |
| tome | instument to cut |
| tomy | incision, cut into |
| desis | binding, fixation |
| pexy | suspension, fixation (of an organ) |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| plasty | surgical repair |
| clasis | break, fracture |
| lysis | separation, destruction, loosening |
| tripsy | crushing |
| algia | pain |
| dynia | pain |
| cele | hernia, swelling |
| ectasis | dilation, expansion |
| emesis | vomiting |
| emia | blood condition |
| gen | forming, producing, origin |
| genesis | forming, producing, origin |
| gram | record, a writing |
| graph | instrument for recording |
| graphy | process of recording |
| iasis | abnormal condition |
| itis | inflammation |
| lith | stone, calculus |
| logist | specialist in the study of |
| logy | study of |
| malacia | softening |
| megaly | enlargement |
| meter | instrument for measuring |
| metry | act of measuring |
| oid | resembling |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | abnormal condition, |
| para | to bear (offspring) |
| paresis | partial paralysis |
| pathy | disease |
| penia | decrease, deficiency |
| phagia | eating, swallowing |
| phasia | speech |
| philia | attraction to |
| phobia | fear |
| plasia | formation, growth |
| plegia | paralysis, stroke |
| poiesis | formation, production |
| ptosis | prolapse, downward placement |
| rrhage | bursting forth |
| rrhagia | bursting forth |
| rrhea | discharge, flow |
| rrhexis | suture |
| scope | instrument to view or examine |
| scopy | visual examination |
| spasm | involuntary contraction, twitching |
| stasis | standing still |
| stenosis | narrowing, stricture |
| toxic | poison |
| trophy | development, nourishment |
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