"-ectomy" meaning in English

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Suffix

IPA: /-ˈɛktəmi/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek -εκτομία (-ektomía, “a cutting out of”), from ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō, “to cut out”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*temh₁-}}, {{der|en|grc|-εκτομία|t=a cutting out of}} Ancient Greek -εκτομία (-ektomía, “a cutting out of”), {{m|grc|ἐκτέμνω|t=to cut out}} ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō, “to cut out”), {{m|grc|ἐκ||out}} ἐκ (ek, “out”), {{m|grc|τέμνω||to cut}} τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -ectomy, {{en-suffix}} -ectomy
  1. (surgery) Surgical removal of. Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Amputation, Medicine, Surgery Synonyms: excision, resection Related terms: -stomy [surgery, medicine, sciences], -tomy [surgery, medicine, sciences], -plasty (english: any surgery, but often one that revises/remodels rather than excises) Translations (excision of): -ectomia [feminine] (Catalan), poisto (Finnish), -ectomía [feminine] (Galician), -ektómia (Hungarian), -ectomia [feminine] (Italian), -ectomia [feminine] (Portuguese), -ectomía [feminine] (Spanish) Translations (surgical removal of): -ectomia [feminine] (Catalan), poistoleikkaus (Finnish), -ectomía [feminine] (Galician), -entfernung [feminine] (German), -amputation f -ektomie (english: chiefly specialist) (note: of an outer organ, e.g. breasts) [also, feminine] (German), -eltávolítás (Hungarian), -ektómia (Hungarian), -ectomia [feminine] (Italian), -ectomia [feminine] (Portuguese), -ectomía [feminine] (Spanish)

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