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-tomy

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).
Compare -tome, tomo-, -tomous.


Origin:
repr. Gk -tomia; see -tome, -y 3
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-tomy suff.
Act of cutting; incision: gastrotomy.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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