Medical Terminology-Surgical Procedures

-o/rrhaph/y

surgically to suture or repair Ex:nephro/rrhaphy (kidney/suture/ procedure of )

-centesis

Surgical puncture- to remove fluid Ex:abdomino/centesis (belly fluid removed by surgical puncture

-o/desis

binding or stabilization Ex: arthro/desis (joint/ binding)

-o/tripsy

crushing or destroying Ex: litho/tripsy (stone/crushing); neuro/trips/y (nerve/crushing/ procedure of)

-o/tom/y

cutting into, to open, make incision Ex: tracheo/tom/y (windpipe/cut into/ procedure of)

-sis

medical condition or disease Ex: necr/o/sis (death or dying/condition or state)

-os/tom/y

new permanent opening or mouth Ex: col/ostom/y (colon/opening/ procedure of )

-ec/tom/y

out/cut/procedure of *ex/cis/ion (to cut out) Ex: hyster/ectomy (uterus/removal or excision or womb/out/cut/procedure or process of)

-o/plast/y

plastic surgery (to impove function, looks or relieve pain) Ex: rhino/plast/y (nose repair) (cosmetic, reconstructive, or plastic surgery/ procedure of)

-age

something is related to Ex: mess/age (kneading/ relates to ); tri/age (three "sorting"/ relates to)

-clasis

to break down Ex: osteo/clasis (bone/ refracturing)

-cis

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

-sect/ion

to cut or make several slices of a body part (to cut apart) Ex: hepato/sect/ion (liver/several cuts/ procedure- "including removal or excision")

-o/pex/y

to fixate, position or attach Ex: salpingo/pex/y (tube/re-positioned or attached/ procedure of)

-cid

to kill Ex: germi/cid/al (bacteria/kill/pertains to)

-lysis

to loosen (free from adhesion) or destroy Ex: entero/lysis (intestines/ destroyed)

-stasis

to stop or control Ex: homeo/stasis (blood/ controlling or stoppage)

-therap/y

to treat or cure Ex: chemo/therap/y (chemical/ treatment/ process)

-iatr/y

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