W1: Surgical Suffixes

-ectomy

excision, removal

-centesis

surgical puncture

-tripsy

crushing

-lysis

separation; destruction; loosening

-clasis

to break; surgical fracture

-pexy

fixation (of an organ)

-rrhaphy

suture

-plasty

surgical repair

-stomy

forming an opening (mouth)

-desis

binding, fixation (of a bone or joint)

-tome

instrument to cut

-tomy

incision