Suffix For Surgery

Question 1

-centesis

Answer 1

Puncture tap

Ex: Thoracentesis: removal of fluid from the pleural cavity via surgical procedure

Question 2

-desis

Answer 2

Binding, fusion

Ex: Pleurodesis: a procedure that binds your lung to your chest wall to remove the space between your lung and chest wall

Question 3

-ectomy

Answer 3

Excision, surgical removal

Ex: Colectomy: excision of part of the colon

Question 4

-pexy

Answer 4

Surgical fixation

Ex: Colpopexy: the use of stitches to return the vagina (and sometimes the uterus) to its normal position against the abdominal wall

Question 5

-plasty

Answer 5

Plastic repair, plastic surgery, reconstruction

Ex: myringoplasty: repair of the tympanic membrane

Question 6

-rhaphy

Answer 6

Surgical repair, suture

Ex: Colporrhaphy: a procedure to repair the vagina

Question 7

-stomy

Answer 7

Surgical creation of an opening

Ex: Tracheostomy: surgical creation of an opening in the trachea (windpipe)

Question 8

-tome

Answer 8

Instrument for incising (cutting)

Ex: Osteotome: an instrument for cutting bone

Question 9

-tomy

Answer 9

Incision, cutting

Ex: Sternotomy: surgical incision of the sternum

Question 10

-tripsy

Answer 10

Crushing

Ex: Lithotripsy: crushing of calculi (stones)

Question 11

-tripsy

Answer 11

Crushing

Ex: Lithotripsy: crushing of calculi (stones)