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What suffix means surgery?

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The answer is Centesis

Example :
- Abdominocentesis, A surgery that performed to extract peritoneal fluid from the Abdomen using a trocar

- Amniocentesis, A surgery procedure to obtain amniotic fluid from pregnant animal

- Pericardiocentesis, A surgery that performed to remove fluid from pericardium

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