Sunday, November 25, 2007

SURGICAL TERMS FOR ANALYZING THE SITE

Suffixes
-centesis: surgical puncture
-desis : fusion of two parts into one, stabilization
-ectomy: surgical removal. The term 'resection' is also used, especially when referring to a tumor.
-oid : similar to
-opsy : looking at
-ostomy or -stomy: surgically creating a hole (a new "mouth" or "stoma")
-otomy or -tomy: surgical incision
-plasty : replacement
-rrhapy: suture
-graphy : writing about or a representation of a specified thing

surgical procedures using in project:

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