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It is a suffix that means cutting
It is "removal by surgical means".
The Latin stem "tomy" refers to the act of cutting. Words with this stem include "anatomy" (the study of bodily structures by cutting open) and "lobotomy" (surgical incision into the frontal lobe of the brain).
The root word 'tomy' means 'cut, incise.'
The word containing the Greek stem "tomy" is "anatomy," which means the study of the physical structure of living organisms.
-tomy,suffix meaning a "surgical incision": cystotomy, oncotomy, phlebotomy.
The medical suffix -tomy makes a noun (an operation) from a noun (an organ).
"Ana" to give anatomy.
"Ana" to give anatomy.
It is a suffix that means cutting
It is "removal by surgical means".
The Latin stem "tomy" refers to the act of cutting. Words with this stem include "anatomy" (the study of bodily structures by cutting open) and "lobotomy" (surgical incision into the frontal lobe of the brain).
If you mean the ending in words like mastectomy and anatomy then it's not suffix, but the compound Greek word -tomy τομή [tomee] = cutting
Osteotomy Oste/o means bone with combining vowel -tomy is a suffix for "incision" or "to cut into"
A noun, usually meaning an operation of removal of whatever is described in the first part of the work. For example, an appendectomy removes a person's appendix.
The population of Takara Tomy is 31.
The root word 'tomy' means 'cut, incise.'