-ectomía

Spanish

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek -εκτομία (-ektomía, “a cutting out of”), from ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō, “to cut out”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).

Suffix

-ectomía f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ectomías)

1. (surgery) -ectomy

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ectomía

Further reading

• “-ectomía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014