-tomy Definition
təmē
suffix
Act of cutting; incision.
Gastrotomy.
American Heritage
affix
A dividing.
Dichotomy.
Webster's New World
An incision; a (specified) surgical operation.
Ovariotomy, lobotomy.
Webster's New World
Origin of -tomy
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New Latin -tomia from Greek -tomiā from tomos a cutting from temnein to cut tem- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
ModL -tomia < Gr < tomē, a cutting < temnein, to cut < IE base *tem-, to cut > L tondere, to shear
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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