"-tomy" meaning in English

See -tomy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /-təmi/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--tomy.wav
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*temh₁-}}, {{der|en|grc|τέμνω||I cut}} Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -tomy, {{en-suffix}} -tomy
  1. Cutting, incision, section
    (anatomy) A division.
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  2. Cutting, incision, section
    (surgery) A surgical incision.
    Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Surgery
    Sense id: en--tomy-en-suffix-GtZ~TqqL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 54 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 51 49 Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: -otomy Derived forms: clitoridotomy, hemicraniotomy, trichotomy Related terms: -ectomy, -ostomy, -tome, -plasty Translations (cutting, incision, section): -tomia [feminine] (Catalan), -tomie (French), -tomía [feminine] (Galician), -tómia (Hungarian), -metszés (Hungarian), -tóime [feminine] (Irish), -tomia [feminine] (Italian), 切除 (setsujo) (alt: せつじょ) (Japanese), -tomia [feminine] (Polish), -tomía [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'cutting, incision, section': 50 50

Alternative forms

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