-ectomía

Spanish

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ, “a cutting out of”), from ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō, “to cut out”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut”).

Suffix

-ectomía f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ectomías)

1. (surgery) -ectomy

Derived terms

Spanish terms suffixed with -ectomía

Further reading

• “-ectomía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10