Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- suffix Surgical removal.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin -ectomia : Greek ek-, out; see ecto– + -tomiā, -tomy.]
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