Medical Terminology Surgical Suffixes
-stomy : Trache/o/stomy
forming an opening (mouth)
-tomy : Trache/o/tomy
incision; incision (through the neck) to the trachea
-lysis : Thromb/o/lysis
separation, destruction; destruction of a blood clot
-centesis : Arthr/o/centesis
surgical puncture; puncture of a joint space with a needle.
-plasty : Rhin/o/plasty
surgical repair; plastic surgery (nose job)
-rrhaphy : my/o/rrhaphy
suture; suture of a muscle
-desis : Arthr/o/desis
binding fixation; fuses bones across the joint space in a unstable joint
-tripsy : Lith/o/tripsy
crushing; crushing a stone
-ectomy : Append/ectomy
excision, removal; excision of the appendix
-pexy : Mast/o/pexy
fixation (of an organ); boob job
-tome : Oste/o/tome
instrument to cut; instrument to cut bone
-clasis : Oste/o/clasis
to break, surgical fracture; surgical fracture of a bone to correct a deformity.