-ectomy

See also: ectomy

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /-ˈɛktəmi/

Suffix

-ectomy

1. Excision of.
2. (surgery) Surgical removal of.

Derived terms

► English words suffixed with -ectomy

Related terms

• -ostomy
• -tomy

Translations

excision of

• Catalan: -ectomia f
• Finnish: poisto (fi)
• Galician: -ectomía f

• Hungarian: -ektómia
• Italian: -ectomia (it) f
• Spanish: -ectomía (es) f

surgical removal of

• Catalan: -ectomia f
• Finnish: poistoleikkaus
• Galician: -ectomía f
• German: -entfernung f; (of an outer organ, e.g. breasts, also) -amputation f (chiefly specialist) -ektomie f

• Hungarian: -eltávolítás (hu), -ektómia
• Italian: -ectomia (it) f
• Spanish: -ectomía (es) f

See also

• -plasty

Anagrams

• cytome