-tomy
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Act of cutting; incision:
表“切”：切，割的行为；切口 ：
gastrotomy.
胃切开术
语源
- New Latin -tomia
现代拉丁语 -tomia - from Greek
源自 希腊语 - from tomos [a cutting]
源自 tomos [一道切痕] - from temnein [to cut] * see tem-
源自 temnein [切，割] *参见 tem-
-tomy
combining form in countable noun
indicating a surgical cutting of a specified part or tissue
⇒
lobotomy
Origin
from Greek -tomia; see -tome-tomy
Word Origin
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).
Compare -tome, tomo-, -tomous.
Origin
representing Greek -tomia; see -tome, -y3
Related Words
- -ectomy
- -tome
- arteriotomy
- autotomy
- celiotomy
- cholecystotomy
-tomya word element forming a noun termination meaning a 'cutting', especially relating to a surgical operation, as in appendectomy, lithotomy, phlebotomy, or sometimes a division, as in dichotomy.
[Greek -tomia]-tomy
noun combining form
laparotomy
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY New Latin -tomia, from Greek, from -tomos that cuts, from temnein to cut — more at tome
: incision : sectionlaparotomy
-tomy
combining form
- cutting, especially as part of a surgical process表示“（尤指外科手术中的）分开”, “分离”, “切开”：
-
episiotomy.
词源
from Greek -tomia 'cutting', from temnein 'to cut'.
-tomy
word-forming element meaning "a cutting" (especially a surgical incision or removal), from Greek -tomia "a cutting of," from tome "a cutting, section" (see tome).
ORIGIN: from Greek -tomia , from -tomos cutting, from temnein to cut: cf. -ectomy -stomy
-tomy
combining form.
surgical incision or operation, as in tracheotomy, lobotomy.
a cutting or casting off: Autotomy = a casting off of part of the body.
[< Greek -tomiā a cutting]
-to·my
\d.əmē, təm-, -mi\ noun combining form
(-es)
Etymology: New Latin -tomia, from Greek, from -tomos cutting + -ia -y — more at -tome
: incision : section
< carniotomy >
< laparotomy >
< sclerotomy >
< carniotomy >
< laparotomy >
< sclerotomy >
-tomy-otomy
Suffix
- cutting, incision, section
- anatomy A division.
- surgery A surgical incision.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”).
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -tomy