Meaning Of The Word -tomy
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-tomy Meaning
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-tomy in American English
a dividing combining form: 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) -tomy in British English combining form in countable noun: indicating a surgical cutting of a specified part or tissue |
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