-ectomy

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

• IPA^(key): /-ˈɛktəmi/

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-ectomy

1. (surgery) Surgical removal of.

• excision
• resection

• -stomy (“surgery with a focus on creating a stoma”)
• -tomy (“surgery with a focus on creating an opening”)

• -plasty (“any surgery, but often one that revises/remodels rather than excises”)

• cytome