-ectomy

Surgical removal of.

Herausschneiden

Extirpation

völlige Entfernung

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

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