-plasty

Suffix Routine Blood Collections

Surgical repair or reconstruction.

Example: rhinoplasty (surgical reshaping of the nose)

Sources

• Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean · MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine

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• -phobiaFear.
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• -poiesisProduction or formation.
• -ptysisSpitting or coughing up.

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