| A | B |
|---|
| -ectomy | cutting out or off (i.e. colectomy; cutting out a part of the colon) |
| -lysis | removal or destruction of (i.e. neurolysis; freeing a nerve from adhesions) |
| -oma | tumor (i.e. excision of a fibroma; removal of a connective tissue tumor) |
| -ostomy | to furnish with an outlet (i.e. colostomy; creating an outlet for the colon from the body) |
| -otomy | cutting into (i.e. thoracotomy; cutting into the chest cavity) |
| -plasty | revision, molding, or repair of tissue (i.e. mammoplasty; revision of the breast) |
| -pexy | fixation; anchoring in place ( orchiopexy; fixation of an undescended testicle in the scrotum) |
| -oscopy | viewing (i.e. laporoscopy; viewing the abdominal cavity) |
