See Also: -ectomy(medicine)
Ectomy(health)
ectomy(dictionary)
ectomy(dictionary)

ectomy (iou)



-ectomy suffix.
[from Greek ektome excision, from ek- EX-2 + temnein to cut: cf. -TOMY.]
Forming nouns denoting surgical operations in which some part is removed, as appendicectomy, hysterectomy, tonsillectomy, etc.