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单词 -ectomy
释义

-ectomy


a combining form meaning “excision” of the part specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words: tonsillectomy.

Origin of -ectomy

<New Latin -ectomia.See ec-, -tomy

Words nearby -ectomy

ectogenous, ectomere, ectomorph, ectomorph, endomorph, and mesomorph, ectomorphic, -ectomy, ectomycorrhiza, ectopagus, ectoparasite, ectophyte, ectopia
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British Dictionary definitions for -ectomy

-ectomy

n combining form

indicating surgical excision of a partappendectomy

Word Origin for -ectomy

from New Latin -ectomia, from Greek ek- out + -tomy
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 -ectomy

-ectomy

suff.

Surgical removal:tonsillectomy.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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