19 Surgical Procedures

Vocabulary flashcards covering surgical suffixes and related terms discussed in the lecture notes.

-CENTESIS

Surgical puncture of a body part to remove fluid.

Ex: Abdomino/centesis (belly/fluid removed)

-ec/tom/y

Suffix meaning the process of cutting out or removing a body part.

Ex: Ex/cis/ion (to cut out)

-o/pex/y

To position or to attach

Ex: nephro/pex/y (kidney/repositioned or attached)

-oplast/y

plastic surgery

Ex: rhino/plasty (nose repair)

-o/rrhaph/y

surgically to suture or repair

Ex: nephro/rrhaphy (kidney/surture/procedure of)

-o/tom/y

Ex: Tracheo/tom/y (process of cutting into the trachea)

-os/tom/y

new permanent opening or mouth

Ex: col/ostom/y (colon/opening/procedure of)

-o/tripsy

Surgical crushing or destruction of something in the body.

Ex: litho/tripsy (stone/crushing/procedure of)

-o/desis

To bind together and stabilize a part or joint.

Ex: arthro/desis (joint/binding/procedure of)

-clasis

breakdown or destruction of a structure.

Ex: osteo/clasis (bone/refactoring)

-lysis

to loosen or destroy

Ex: entero/lysis (intestine/destroyed)

-cis

to cut

Ex: circum/cis/ion (around/cut/procedure)

-cide

to kill

Ex : pesti/cide (pest/killer).

-stasis

to stop or control

Ex: hemo/stasis (blood/controlling)

-sis

medical condition or disease

Ex: necro/sis (death/condition of state)

-age

something is related to

Ex: mass/age (kneading/relates to)

-iatr/y

to treat/heal or cure

Ex: psych/iatr/y (mind/treat or cure/procedure)

-therap/y

to treat or cure

Ex: chemo/therap/y (mind/treat or cure/procedure)

-sect/ion

to cut a part

Ex: hepatp/section (liver/several cuts/procedure)