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What suffix means surgical incision?
The suffix for "an instrument used to measure" is:
The suffix -pexy means:
surgical fixation
What suffix means resembling?
-oid
substance that produces
What suffix means surgical removal?
-ectomy
What is the suffix for the process of measuring?
-metry
What suffix means surgical repair?
-plasty
The suffix -cele means:
hernia, protrusion
The suffix -therapy means:
treatment
What does the suffix -ostomy mean?
artificial opening
The suffix -gram means:
record or picture
What suffix means to suture?
-rrhaphy
The suffix -ectasis means:
dilation, expansion
What suffix means abnormal narrowing?
-stenosis
What is the suffix for "surgical puncture to remove fluid?"
-centesis
The suffix -graph means:
instrument for recording
What suffix means destruction?
-lysis
The suffix -lytic means:
substances that causes destruction
What does the suffix -ptosis mean?
drooping
An instrument used for viewing is called a(n):
-scope
What suffix means the process of recording?
-graphy
The suffix -plasm means:
formation, development
Name 2 suffixes for pain
-algia, -dynia
Name 3 adjectives that mean pertaining to
-ac, -al, -an, -ar, -ary, -atic, -eal, - iac, -ic, -ile, -ine, -ior, -nic, -ory, -ose, -ous, -tic