surgical procedures

Question 1

-centesis

Answer 1

surgical puncture to aspirate or remove

amniocentesis puncture if the amnion for removing fluid for study or administering treatment to the fetus

Question 2

-ectomy

Answer 2

excision (removal or cutting out)

appendectomy is excision of the appendix

Question 3

-lysis

Answer 3

process of loosening, of freeing or destroying

used in nonsurgical words to mean destruction or dissolving as in hemolysis

Question 4

-pexy

Answer 4

fixed position

mastopexy is a plastic surgery that fastens breasts to correct sagging

Question 5

-plasty

Answer 5

repair

mammoplasty is plastic surgery of the breast

Question 6

-rrhaphy

Answer 6

suture (uniting a wound by stitches)

angiorrhaphy means suture of a blood vessel

Question 7

-scopy

Answer 7

visual exam with a lighted instrument

microscopy is visual exam of very small objects with a microscope

Question 8

-tome

Answer 8

an instrument used for cutting

microtome is used for cutting thin sections of tissue for microscopic study

Question 9

-tripsy

Answer 9

surgical crushing

lithotripsy is surgical crushing of a calculus