# List of -otomies

The suffix '-otomy' is derived from Greek τόμος (-tómos) 'cutting, sharp, separate'.

## Medical procedures

* Amniotomy – An incision created to accelerate labor.
* Androtomy – Dissection of the human body .
* Bilateral cingulotomy – Psychosurgery, treatment for depression and addiction .
* Bronchotomy – A procedure that ensures there is an open airway between a patient's lung/s and the outside world.
* Clitoridotomy – Plastic surgery of the clitorial hood.
* Coeliotomy – A large incision through the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity
* Colpotomy – Extraction of fluid from the pouch of Douglas (a rectouterine pouch[1] posterior to the vagina) through a needle
* Cordotomy – Procedure that disables selected pain-conducting tracts in the spinal cord, in order to achieve loss of pain and temperature perception
* Craniotomy – A bone flap is temporarily removed from the skull to access the brain
* Cricothyrotomy – An incision made through the skin and cricothyroid membrane to establish a patent airway during certain life-threatening situations
* Escharotomy – Procedure used to treat full-thickness (third-degree) circumferential burns
* Episiotomy – Surgical incision of the perineum and the posterior vaginal wall
* Fasciotomy – Surgical procedure where the fascia is cut to relieve tension or pressure commonly to treat the resulting loss of circulation to an area of tissue or muscle
* Heller myotomy – Muscles of the cardia (lower oesophageal sphincter or LOS) are cut, allowing food and liquids to pass to the stomach
* Hymenotomy – Surgical removal or opening of the hymen
* Hysterotomy – Incision in the uterus, and is performed during a Caesarean section
* Laminotomy – The partial removal (or by making a larger opening) of the lamina.
* Laparotomy – Large incision through the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity
* Lithotomy position – Medical term referring to a common position for surgical procedures and medical examinations involving the pelvis and lower abdomen
* Lobotomy – Cutting or scraping away most of the connections to and from the prefrontal cortex, the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain.
* Meatotomy – Form of penile modification in which the underside of the glans is split
* Myotomy – Procedure in which muscle is cut
* Osteotomy – A bone is cut to shorten or lengthen it or to change its alignment
* Phlebotomy – An incision in a vein with a needle
* Pulpotomy – Removal of a portion of the pulp, including the diseased aspect
* Radial keratotomy – a refractive surgical procedure to correct myopia
* Sphincterotomy – Treating mucosal fissures from the anal canal/sphincter
* Thoracotomy – Incision into the pleural space of the chest
* Thyrotomy – Incision of the larynx through the thyroid cartilage
* Tracheotomy – An incision on the anterior aspect of the neck and opening a direct airway through an incision in the trachea (windpipe)
* Trans-orbital lobotomy – Cutting or scraping away most of the connections to and from the prefrontal cortex, the anterior part of the frontal lobes of the brain

## Other -otomies

* Dichotomy
* False dichotomy
* Ousterhout's dichotomy
* Trichotomy
* Trichotomy property