"ectomy" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Back-formation from -ectomy",
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  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from -ectomy, a suffix used in the names of many such operations.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ectomies",
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "Any operation involving surgical excision or removal."
      ],
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          "excision",
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        ],
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          "removal",
          "removal"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(medicine) Any operation involving surgical excision or removal."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "ostomy"
        }
      ],
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛktəmi/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛktəmi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ectomy"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Back-formation from -ectomy, a suffix used in the names of many such operations.",
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    {
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        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "ostomy"
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        "Any operation involving surgical excision or removal."
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          "excision",
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        "(medicine) Any operation involving surgical excision or removal."
      ],
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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈɛktəmi/"
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  "word": "ectomy"
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