1380 MedTerms: Suffixes LO 3.6 r/t surgical/procedural processes

-centesis

• surgical puncture to remove fluid

• removal of part or all of an organ or body part

• destruction of

• pertaining to destruction

-ectomy

• surgical puncture to remove fluid

• removal of part or all of an organ or body part

• destruction of

• pertaining to destruction

-lysis

• surgical puncture to remove fluid

• removal of part or all of an organ or body part

• destruction of

• pertaining to destruction

-lytic

• surgical puncture to remove fluid

• removal of part or all of an organ or body part

• destruction of

• pertaining to destruction

-pexy

• fixation, usually done surgically

• surgical repair

• surgical suturing

• crushing

-plasty

• fixation, usually done surgically

• surgical repair

• surgical suturing

• crushing

-rrhaphy

• fixation, usually done surgically

• surgical repair

• surgical suturing

• crushing

-tripsy

• fixation, usually done surgically

• surgical repair

• surgical suturing

• crushing

-static, -stasis

• maintaining a state

• opening

• cutting instrument, segment

• cutting operation, incision

-stomy

• maintaining a state

• opening

• cutting instrument, segment

• cutting operation, incision