单词 | -tomy |
释义 | -tomya combining form meaning “cutting, incision” of an organ, “excision” of an object, as specified by the initial element (appendectomy; lithotomy); also occurring in abstract nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -tomous (dichotomy). Compare -tome, tomo-, -tomous. Origin of -tomyRepresenting Greek -tomia; see -tome, -y3 Words nearby -tomyTomsk, tomtate, Tom Thumb, tomtit, tom-tom, -tomy, to my mind, ton, tonal, tonalist, tonality Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for -tomy-tomy n combining formindicating a surgical cutting of a specified part or tissuelobotomy Word Origin for -tomyfrom Greek -tomia; see -tome Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for -tomy-tomy suff.Act of cutting; incision:gastrotomy. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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