Surgical (Procedures) Suffixes

Question 1

-centesis

Answer 1

surgical puncture - to remove fluid

Question 2

-ec/tom/y

Answer 2

out/cut/procedure or removal

Question 3

-o/pex/y

Answer 3

to fixate, position or to attach

Question 4

-oplasty

Answer 4

plastic surgery (to improve function, looks, or relieve pain)

Question 5

-o/rrhaph/y

Answer 5

surgically to suture or repair

Question 6

-o/tom/y

Answer 6

cutting into, to open, make incision

Question 7

-os/tom/y

Answer 7

new permanent opening or mouth

Question 8

-o/tripsy

Answer 8

crushing or destroying

Question 9

-o/desis

Answer 9

binding or stabilization

Question 10

-clasis

Answer 10

to break down

Question 11

-lysis

Answer 11

to loosen (free from adhesion) or destroy

Question 12

-cis

Answer 12

to cut

Question 13

-cide

Answer 13

to kill

Question 14

-stasis

Answer 14

to stop or control

Question 15

-sis

Answer 15

medical condition or disease

Question 16

-age

Answer 16

something is related to

Question 17

-iatr/y

Answer 17

to treat, to heal or cure

Question 18

-therap/y

Answer 18

to treat or cure

Question 19

-sect/ion

Answer 19

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