-centesis Surgical puncture to aspirate or remove fluid
- Eg :- Amniocentesis: puncture of the amnion for removing fluid for study or administering treatment of the fetus
-ectomy excision: surgical removal or cutting out
- Eg :- Appendectomy: excision of the appendix
-lysis process of loosening, freeing, or destroying
- Eg :- Hemolysis: destruction of blood cells
-pexy surgical fixation: fastening in a fixed position
- Eg : -Mastoplexy: plastic surgery that fastens breast in a fixed position to prevent sagging
-plasty surgical repair
- Eg : Mammoplasty: repair of the breasts
-rrhaphy suture
- Eg :- Angiorraphy: suture of blood vessel
-scopy visual examination with a lighted instrument
*not always a surgical procedure
- Eg : - Microscopy: use of microscopes to study microorganisms
-stomy formation of an opening
- Eg :- Tracheostomy: surgical procedure that forms a new opening into the trachea
-tome instrument used for cutting
- Eg :- Microtome: instrument used for cutting thin sections of tissue for microscopic study
-tomy incision
- Eg :- Tracheotomy: incision of the trachea through the skin & muscles in the neck that overlie the trachea
-tripsy surgical crushing
- Eg :- Lithotripsy: surgical crushing of a calculus
