Skeletal System Suffix

What does the term 'centesis' mean?

• Surgical removal

• Inflammation

• Softening

• Surgical puncture to remove fluid

What does the term 'desis' mean?

• To bind, tie together

• Abnormal condition

• Deficiency

• Instrument for viewing

What does the term 'ectomy' mean?

• Inflammation

• Surgical removal, excision

• Like, resembling

• Tumor, mass

What does the term 'itis' mean?

• Softening

• Abnormal condition

• Inflammation

• Deficiency

What does the term 'malacia' mean?

• Surgical puncture to remove fluid

• To bind, tie together

• Softening

• Surgical removal, excision

What does the term 'oid' mean?

• Like, resembling

• Inflammation

• Deficiency

• Instrument for viewing

What does the term 'oma' mean?

• Inflammation

• Tumor, mass

• Softening

• Abnormal condition

What does the term 'osis' mean?

• Surgical removal, excision

• Abnormal condition

• Like, resembling

• Deficiency

What does the term 'porosis' mean?

• Deficiency

• Inflammation

• Softening

• Abnormal condition of small holes

What does the term 'penia' mean?

• Surgical puncture to remove fluid

• To bind, tie together

• Deficiency

• Surgical removal, excision