-centesis- surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid.

-ectomy- excision (surgical removal or cutting out)

-lysis- process of loosening, freeing, or destroying.
-pexy- surgical fixation (fasting in a fixed position)
-plasty- surgical repair.
-rrhaphy- suture (uniting a wound by stitches).
-scopy- visual examination with a lighted instrument (this
is not always a surgical procedure).
-stomy- formation of an opening.
-tome- an instrument used for cutting.
-tomy- incision (cutting into tissue)
-tripsy- surgical crushing.

-centesis

surgical puncture to remove fluid. Ex:

Amniocentesis is puncture of amnion.

-ectomy

excision. Ex: Appendectomy is excision of

the appendix

-lysis

process of loosening, freeing, or destroying.

Ex: hemolysis dissolving

-pexy

surgical fixation. Ex: Mastopexy is plastic

surgery that fastens breasts in a fixed
position.

-plasty

surgical repair. Ex: Mammoplasty is plastic

surgery of the breasts

-rrhaphy

suture. Ex: Angiorrhaphy means suture of

blood vessel

-scopy

Visula examination with a lighted

instrument. Ex: Microscopy is visual
examination of small objects with a
magnifying instrument

-stomy

Formation of an opening. Ex: Tracheostomy

is a surgical procedure that forms a new
opening into the trachea

-tome

an instrument used for cutting. Ex:

Microtome is an instrument used for cutting
this sections of tissue.

-tomy

Incision. Ex: Tracheotomy is an incision of

the trachea through the skin

-tripsy

Surgical crushing. Lithotripsy is surgical

crushing of a calculus.