19 Surgical (Procedure) Suffixes

Question 1

-centesis

Answer 1

surgical punture - to remove fluid

example: abdominocentesis

Question 2

-ec/tom/y

Answer 2

out, cut, procedure or removal

example: hysterectomy

Question 3

-o/pex/y

Answer 3

to fixate, position, or to attach

example: salpingopexy - fix an oviduct

Question 4

-oplast/y

Answer 4

plastic surgery

example: rhinoplasty - nose repair

Question 5

-o/rrhaph/y

Answer 5

surgically to suture or repair

example: nephrorrhaphy

Question 6

-o/tom/y

Answer 6

cutting into, to open, to make incision

example: tracheotomy

Question 7

-os/tom/y

Answer 7

new permanent opening or mouth

example: colostomy

Question 8

-o/tripsy

Answer 8

crushing or destroying

example: neurotripsy

Question 9

-o/desis

Answer 9

binding or stabilization

example: arthrodesis

Question 10

-clasis

Answer 10

to break down

example: osteoclasis

Question 11

-lysis

Answer 11

to loosen (free from adhesion), or destroy

example: enterolysis

Question 12

-cis

Answer 12

to cut

example: circumcision

Question 13

-cid

Answer 13

to kill

example: germicidal

Question 14

-stasis

Answer 14

to stop or control

example: hemostasis

Question 15

-sis

Answer 15

medical condition or disease

example: necrosis

Question 16

-age

Answer 16

something is related to

example: triage - sort/separate

Question 17

iatr/y

Answer 17

to treat, heal, cure

example: psychiatry

Question 18

-therap/y

Answer 18

to treat, cure

example: chemotherapy

Question 19

-sect/ion

Answer 19

to cut or make several slices of a body part (to cut apart)

example: hepatosection