| a 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). |
| -tomy suff. Act of cutting; incision: gastrotomy. [New Latin -tomia, from Greek -tomiā, from tomos, a cutting, from temnein, to cut; see tem- in Indo-European roots.] |
-tomy suff.
Act of cutting; incision: gastrotomy.
