cautery
to burn or melt
cry/o
cold, to 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, mental
-rrhaphy
surgical formation of a seam; suturing
-stomy
creation of an opening
-tomy
cut; incision
-tripsy
breaking apart