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-ectomy
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| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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World English Dictionary
| -ectomy | |
| —n combining form | |
| indicating surgical excision of a part: appendectomy | |
| [from New Latin -ectomia, from Greek ek- out + | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
-ectomy
"surgical removal," from Gk. -ektomia "a cutting out of," from ektemnein "to cut out," from ek "out" + temnein "to cut" (see tome).
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
-ectomy suff.
Surgical removal: tonsillectomy.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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