-ectomy: A surgical suffix referring to the removal of something. For example, a lumpectomy is the surgical excision of a lump which may be benign or not, tonsillectomy is the removal of the tonsils, a partial colectomy is removal of part of the colon, an appendectomy is removal of the appendix, etc. From the Greek "ek" (out) + "tome" (a cutting) = a cutting out.
Excision of. · (surgery) Surgical removal of. ... Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
a combining form meaning “excision†of the part specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words: tonsillectomy. Origin: < Neo-Latin ...
Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary suff. Surgical removal: tonsillectomy. [New Latin -ectomia : Greek ek- , out; see ecto- + -tomiÄ , -tomy.]
-ectomy: A surgical suffix referring to the removal of something. For example, a lumpectomy is the surgical excision of a lump which may be benign or not, tonsillectomy is ...
-ectomy word element [Gr.], excision; surgical removal.-ectomy. suff. Surgical removal: tonsillectomy.-ectomy, suffix meaning the "surgical removal" of something ...