Surgical (Procedures) Suffixes (19) Flashcards
-centesis
abdomino/centesis
surgical puncture - to remove fluid
belly/fluid removed by surgical puncture
-ectomy
hyster/ectomy
to cut out, removal
uterus/removal or excision or womb
-opexy
salpingo/pex/y
to fixate, position or to attach
tube/repositioned or attached/procedure of
-oplasty
rhino/plasty
to improve function, looks, or relieve pain
nose/repair
-orrhaph/y
nephro/rrhaphy
surgically to suture or repair
kidney/suture/procedure of
-ostom/y
col/ostom/y
new permanent opening or mouth
colon/opening/procedure of
-otom/y
tracheo/tom/y
cutting into, to open, make incision
windpipe/cut into/procedure of
-otripsy
litho/tripsy
neuro/tripsy
crushing or destroying
stone/crushing
nerve/crushing/procedure of
-odesis
arthro/desis
binding or stabilization
joint/binding
-clasis
osteo/clasis
to break down
bone/refracturing
-lysis
entero/lysis
to loosen (free from adhesion) or destroy
intestines/destroyed
-cis
circum/cis/ion
to cut
around/cut/procedure
-cid
germi/cid/al
to kill
bacteria/kill/pertains to
-stasis
hemo/stasis
to stop or control
blood/controlling or stoppage
-sis
necr/o/sis
medical condition or disease
death or dying/condition or state
