-ectomy Hear it!

-ectomy definition

-ectomy (ek′tə mē)

a surgical excision of

Etymology: < Gr ektomē, a cutting out < ek-, out + temnein, to cut: see -tomy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.