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What is the difference between the two suffixes -pexy and -plasty?
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∙ 12y ago
- pexy means you are tacking a (usually sagging) structure to another structure that doesn't move. You take one structure and "fix it to" another structure (this is called "fixation"). E.g., mammopexy is re-suspending a sagging breast by suspending it higher by taking deep stitches into the breast and pulling it upward and suspending the breast higher up by fixating it on the chest wall muscles and bones (which doesn't sag). Hysteropexy is suspending a uterus.
- plasty means reshaping. E.g., mammoplasty is reshaping a breast, e.g., a large breast can be made smaller. Rhinoplasty is reshaping a nose.
Plastic surgery means "surgery with the goal of changing something's shape or form."
Plastik is the German word for "sculpture." Plastic surgery is "sculpting" the human form.
-pexy = surgical fixation
-plasty = surgical repair
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∙ 14y agoBoth mean surgical fixation , -desis also includes fusing, such as arthrodesis, fusing a joint., whereas -pexy is generally tissue, affixing it in place, such as a nephropexy to suspend a floating kidney
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What are some medical words using pexy and plasty?
Well since plasty means a surgical repair of sorts, then you could just combine it with any root basically like Arthroplasty- surgical joint repair Rhinoplasty- nose job And pexy is similar meaning fixation so hysteropexy- means fixation of an organ etc
What does the root word pexy mean?
The root word 'pexy' means 'fix.'
What suffix meaning surgical fixation of bone or joint?
-desis = fixation of bone or joint -pexy = fixation of an organ
Can you use pexy in a completed medical term?
Cataplexy is the first word I can think of here.
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Words with the suffix - pexy?
[Gr.pexis, fixation] A combining form used as a suffix meaning fixation, usually surgical.
What is medical term meaning surgical fixation of an artery?
Arteriopexy is the medical term meaning surgical fixation of an artery. -pexy is the medical terminology combining form meaning surgical fixation.
What does the medical terminology combining form -pexy mean?
The term for an anchoring or suspension (of tissues) is from the Greek pexis (fixation) and is used as a suffix for surgical procedures, notably plastic surgery (e.g. mammopexy, a "breast lift").
What is the medical terminology combining form meaning surgical fixation?
The suffix for surgical fixation is -pexy, as in hysteropexy (surgical fixation of a displaced uterus).If you're speaking of psychological fixation, it's referred to simply as obsession or fanaticism.
What is ptosis repair?
If you have a nephroptosis (floating kidney) the repair would be nephropexy or a tacking/securing the kidney to the peritoneum. If you have mastptosis (drooping breasts) then the repair would be mastopexy or a breast lift. The suffix "-pexy" means "to fix in place".
What is the medical term meaning fixation of a breast?
That is the medical term. It means to use a product before looking at a slide under a microscope.
What is the medical term meaning surgical fixation of the large intestine?
Enteropexy.The suffix for fixation is -pexy and the combining form for intestine is enter/o-. I'm guessing it is enteropexy. There may be a prefix that goes in front of it but I'm really not positive.Colonopexy
