MEDICAL
URINARY BLADDER
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Question
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Suffix for surgical fixation?
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pyel/o
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-pexy
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-ptosis
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-lysis
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The first element of the word, gastro-, may look familiar; it means “stomach.” As we now know, -pexy refers to surgical fixation. So, gastropexy, in other words, is “a fixing of the stomach.”
Detailed explanation-2: -The suffix-plasty means “surgical fixation, suspension."
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