-ectomy
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Surgical removal:
切除术：手术切除的：
tonsillectomy.
扁桃体切除术
语源
- New Latin -ectomia
现代拉丁语 -ectomia - Greek ek- [out] * see ecto-
希腊语 ek- [出] *参见 ecto- - -tomia [-tomy]
-tomia [后缀，表“分离”]
-ectomy
combining form in countable noun
indicating surgical excision of a part
⇒
appendectomy
Origin
from New Latin -ectomia, from Greek ek- out + -tomy-ectomy
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “excision” of the part specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words:
tonsillectomy.
Origin
< New Latin -ectomia. See ec-, -tomy
Related Words
- adenectomy
- adenoidectomy
- apicoectomy
- appendectomy
- arthrectomy
- atherectomy
-ectomya combining form attached to the name of a part of the body and producing a word meaning an operation for the excision of that part, as in appendectomy, mastectomy.
[Greek ektomē excision]-ectomy
noun combining form
gastrectomy
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY New Latin -ectomia, from Greek ektemnein to cut out, from ec-, ex- out + temnein to cut — more at tome
: surgical removalgastrectomy
-ectomy
combining form
- denoting surgical removal of a specified part of the body表示“切除术”, “截除术”：
-
appendectomy.
词源
from Greek ektomē 'excision', from ek 'out' + temnein 'to cut'.
-ectomy
word-forming element meaning "surgical removal," from Greek -ektomia "a cutting out of," from ektemnein "to cut out," from ek "out" (see ex-) + temnein "to cut" (see tome).
-ectomy
surgical removal, cutting out:
surgical removal, cutting out:
tonsilectomy, gastrectomy, cystectomy
ORIGIN: from Greek ektomē excision, from ek- ex- 2temnein to cut: cf. -tomy
-ectomy
combining form. a surgical operation for removing a designated part of the body, as in tonsillectomy.
[< Greek ektomė̄ a cutting out]
-ec·to·my
\ˈektəmē, -mi\ noun combining form
(-es)
Etymology: New Latin -ectomia, from ec- + -tomia -tomy
: cutting out : surgical removal
< gastrectomy >
< gastrectomy >
-ectomy
Suffix
- Excision of.
- surgery Surgical removal of.
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek -εκτομία (-ektomía, “a cutting out of”), from ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō, “to cut out”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -ectomy