Final answer:
The suffix '-lysis' indicates destruction or detachment in surgical procedures, different from '-ectomy' and '-tomy' which denote removal and '-plasty' which involves shaping.
Step-by-step explanation:
The surgical procedure suffix that denotes destruction or detachment is -lysis. Options -ectomy and -tomy indicate removal, as in biopsy, which is the surgical removal of a tissue specimen. Meanwhile, -plasty involves the molding or shaping of tissues. Therefore, for the destruction or breaking down of tissue, -lysis is the correct suffix.
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). "Otomy" means cutting into a part of the body; a gastrotomy would be cutting into, but not necessarily removing, the stomach. And also "pharyngo" means pharynx, "laryngo" means larynx, "esophag" means esophagus. Thus, "pharyngolaryngoesophagectomy" refers to the surgical removal of the three.