Suffixes: surgical procedures Flashcards
1
Q
-centesis
A
surgical puncture
2
Q
-ectomy
A
excision
3
Q
-lysis
A
process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
4
Q
-pexy
A
surgical fixation
5
Q
-plasty
A
surgical repair
6
Q
-rrhaphy
A
suture (untying a wound by stitches)
7
Q
-scopy
A
visual examination with a lighted instrument (not always surgical procedure)
8
Q
-stomy
A
formation of an opening
9
Q
-tome
A
an instrument use for cutting
10
Q
-tomy
A
incision (cutting into tissue)
11
Q
-tripsy
A
surgical crushing
