-ectomy
combining form/ektəmi/
/ektəmi/
- (in nouns) a medical operation in which part of the body is removed
- appendectomy (= removal of the appendix)
Word Originfrom Greek ektomē ‘excision’, from ek ‘out’ + temnein ‘to cut’.Definitions on the go
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