Usually means: Surgical removal of body part.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. -ectomy: Merriam-Webster
  2. -ectomy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. -ectomy, -ectomy: Collins English Dictionary
  4. ectomy: Wordnik
  5. ectomy: Wiktionary
  6. -ectomy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. -ectomy: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. -ectomy: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. -ectomy: Dictionary.com
  10. -ectomy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Ectomy, -ectomy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. -ectomy, ectomy: MyWord.info
  13. -ectomy: Wiktionary
  14. ectomy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. -ectomy: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. ectomy: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. -ectomy, ectomy: Medical dictionary
  6. PERFUSION TECHNOLOGY, OPEN HEART SURGERY AND CARDIOLOGY (No longer online)
  7. ectomy: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ectomy)

▸ noun:  (medicine) Any operation involving surgical excision or removal.

Similar:
excision, exsection, exeresis, exaeresis, exenteration, enterectomy, sectionectomy, resection, surgery, transplantectomy, more...

Opposite:
plasty, reconstruction, repair, augmentation

Types:
appendectomy, tonsillectomy, hysterectomy, mastectomy, lobectomy, pneumonectomy, more...

Adjectives:
adrenal, suffix, bilateral, pineal, partial
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Similar:
excision, exsection, exeresis, exaeresis, exenteration, enterectomy, sectionectomy, resection, surgery, transplantectomy, more...

Opposite:
plasty, reconstruction, repair, augmentation

Types:
appendectomy, tonsillectomy, hysterectomy, mastectomy, lobectomy, pneumonectomy, more...

Adjectives:
adrenal, suffix, bilateral, pineal, partial



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