Medical Terminology / Unit 6 MedTerm 0359 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-clasia: Breaking
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The idea
The suffix clasia names a surgical breaking of the structure its root identifies.
In practice
Osteoclasia is the surgical breaking of a bone.
Where people slip
Clasia is a deliberate procedure, not an accidental break.
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