Medical Terminology / Unit 2 MedTerm 0093 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-desis: Surgical Fusion
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The idea
The suffix desis names surgical binding or fusion of the structure its root identifies.
In practice
Arthrodesis is surgical fusion of a joint.
Where people slip
Desis joins two structures permanently. Pexy anchors one in place.
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