Suffixes That Signify Diagnostic Terms, Tests, and Surgical Procedures [Table 2.8]

-centesis

surgical puncture

thoracentesis

-desis

surgical binding

arthrodesis

-ectomy

surgical removal

appendectomy

-gen, -genic, -genesis

origin, producing

osteogenic

-gram

a recording, usually by an instrument

electrocardiogram

-graph

instrument for making a recording

electrocardiograph

-graphy

act of graphic or pictorial recording

electrocardiography

-meter

instrument for measuring

audiometer

-metry

act of measuring

audiometry

-opsy

examination

autopsy

-pexy

surgical fixation

hysteropexy

-plasty

surgical repair

rhinoplasty

-rrhaphy

suture

herniorrhaphy

-scope

instrument for viewing

arthroscope

-scopy

act of viewing

arthroscopy

-stomy

artificial or surgical opening

tracheostomy

-tome

instrument for cutting

dermatome {used in skin grafts}

-tomy

incision

colotomy

-tripsy

crushing

lithotripsy