Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective

ectomy

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Remove ads
See also: -ectomy

English

Etymology

Back-formation from -ectomy, a suffix used in the names of many such operations.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛktəmi/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛktəmi

Noun

ectomy (plural ectomies)

  1. (medicine) Any operation involving surgical excision or removal.

Translations

See also

Anagrams

Remove ads

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads
Remove ads