-ectomy Definition

ektəmē
suffix
Surgical removal.
Tonsillectomy.
American Heritage
Wiktionary
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A surgical excision of.
Webster's New World
noun

(medicine) Any operation involving surgical excision or removal.

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Other Word Forms of -ectomy

Noun

Singular:
-ectomy
Plural:
ectomies

Origin of -ectomy

  • From the Ancient Greek -εκτομία (ektomía, “a cutting out of”), from ἐκτέμνω (ektémnô, “to cut out”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + τέμνω (témnô, “to cut”).

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  • New Latin -ectomia Greek ek- out ecto– -tomiā -tomy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • -ectomy, as used in the names of many such operations.

    From Wiktionary

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