Suffix Quiz 1

centesis

surgical puncture

clasis

to break; surgical fracture

desis

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

ectomy

excision, removal

lysis

separation; destruction; loosening

pexy

fixation (of an organ)

plasty

surgical repair

rrhaphy

suture

stomy

forming an opening (mouth)

tome

instrument to cut

tomy

incision

tripsy

crushing

gram

record, writing

graph

instrument for recording

graphy

process of recording

meter

instrument for measuring

metry

process of measuring

scope

instrument for examining

scopy

visual examination

algia

pain

dynia

pain

cele

hernia, swelling

ectasis

dilation, expansion

edema

swelling

emesis

vomiting

emia

blood condition

gen

forming, producing, origin

genesis

forming, producing, origin

lasis

abnormal condition (produced by something specified)

itis

inflammation

lith

stone, calculus

malacia

softening