Suffixes surgical procedures
-tripsy
surgical crushing
-tomy
incision (cutting into tissue)
-tome
an instrument used for cutting
-stomy
formation of an opening
-scopy
visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always surgical)
-rrhaphy
suture (uniting a wound by stitches)
-plasty
surgical repair
-pexy
surgical fixation (fastening in a fixed position)
-lysis
process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
-ectomy
excision (surgical removal or cutting up)
-centesis
surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid