front 1 -tripsy | back 1 surgical crushing |
front 2 -tomy | back 2 incision (cutting into tissue) |
front 3 -tome | back 3 an instrument used for cutting |
front 4 -stomy | back 4 formation of an opening |
front 5 -scopy | back 5 visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always surgical) |
front 6 -rrhaphy | back 6 suture (uniting a wound by stitches) |
front 7 -plasty | back 7 surgical repair |
front 8 -pexy | back 8 surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position) |
front 9 -lysis | back 9 process of loosening, freeing, or destroying |
front 10 -ectomy | back 10 excision (surgical removal or cutting up) |
front 11 -centesis | back 11 surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid |