-ectomía
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]-ectomía f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ectomías)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “-ectomía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014