Suffixes of the Musculoskeletal System

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19 Terms

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-desis

Fixation of a bone or joint, bind together, fuse

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-ectomy

Surgical excision (removal)

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-itis

Inflammation

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-listhesis

Slipping

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-lysis

Loosening or setting free

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-malacia

Abnormal softening

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-necrosis

Tissue death

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-oma

Tumor

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-osis

Condition

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-penia

Deficiency

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-plasty

Surgical repair

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-plegia

Paralysis

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-porosis

Porous condition

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-rrhaphy

Surgical suturing

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-rrhexis

Rupture

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-scopy

Visual examination

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-tomy

Cutting into the organ or area

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-ium/-ia

abnormal condition, disease

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-ic

pertaining to