cautery
burn or melt
cry/o
cold or freeze
dessicate
to dry out
-ectomy
removal
graft
living tissue
matern/o
mother
neonat/o
newborn, baby
orth/o
straight
palliative
treatment of symptoms only
ped/i
ped/o
child
-pexy
surgical fixation
-plasty
surgical reconstruction or reformation
prophylaxis
preventative treatment
psych/o
mind or mental
-rrhaphy
suturing
-stomy
creation of opening
-tomy
cut or incision
-tripsy
breaking apart