In medical terms, it refers to “cutting,” usually in reference to the surgical incision into an organ but sometimes as part of the removal of an object from the ...

[Gr. -tomos, cut, cutting + -ia] Suffix meaning cutting, incision. Citation. Venes, Donald, editor. "-tomy." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., ...

The meaning of -TOMY is incision : section. How to use -tomy in a sentence.

3 июл. 2019 г. · The suffix "-otomy," or "-tomy," refers to the act of cutting or making an incision, as in a medical operation or procedure.

a combining form meaning “cutting, incision” of an organ, “excision” of an object, as specified by the initial element (appendectomy; lithotomy)

Tomy is not a word root but a surgical procedure suffix. A word root acts as a foundation of medical terms, while a suffix adds an action to the term. -tomy ...

Greek ‑tomia, cutting, from temnein, to cut. Dichotomy, a contrast between two things represented as being opposed or entirely different, derives from Greek ...

Suffix. -tomy. Cutting, incision, section. (anatomy) A division. (surgery) A surgical incision.

-otomy or -tomy is a medical suffix term that pertains to “surgical incision”. Word Example: lapar/o/tomy.