-tomy


  1. 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).

Origin of -tomy

1
Representing Greek -tomia; see -tome, -y3

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-tomy

n combining form
  1. indicating a surgical cutting of a specified part or tissue: lobotomy

Origin of -tomy

1
from Greek -tomia; see -tome

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