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The other suffix that can also mean surgical fixation is '-pexy'. It means suspension as well and appears in the term 'cystopexy'. The suffix '-ectomy' means surgical removal, while '-plasty' means surgical repair. They appear in the terms 'hysterectomy' and 'rhinoplasty'. '-stomy' is the suffix for creation of an opening and it shows up in the term 'colostomy', while the suffix '-tomy' means incision or cutting into and it is seen in the term 'tracheotomy'.
List of surgical procedures. The names of many surgical procedure names can be broken into parts to indicate the meaning. For example, in gastrectomy, ectomy is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. Gastro- means stomach. Thus, gastrectomy refers to the surgical removal of the stomach (or sections thereof).