Suffixes for Surgery

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-centesis

puncture, tap

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-desis

binding, fusion

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-ectomy

excision, surgical removal

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-pexy

surgical fixation

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-plasty

plastic repair, reconstruction

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-rhaphy

surgical repair, suture

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-stomy

surgical creation of an opening

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phon/o

instrument for incising

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-tomy

incision, cutting

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-tripsy

crushing