-ectomy

See also: ectomy

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ, “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. (surgery) Surgical removal of.

Synonyms

• excision
• resection

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ectomy

Related terms

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

Translations

excision of

• Catalan: -ectomia f
• Finnish: poisto (fi)
• Galician: -ectomía (gl) f
• Hungarian: -ektómia
• Italian: -ectomia (it) f
• Portuguese: -ectomia (pt) f
• Spanish: -ectomía (es) f

surgical removal of

• Catalan: -ectomia f
• Finnish: poistoleikkaus
• Galician: -ectomía (gl) 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
• Portuguese: -ectomia (pt) f
• Spanish: -ectomía (es) f

See also

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

Anagrams

• cytome