-TOMY Definition & Meaning

-tomy

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

combining form

indicating a surgical cutting of a specified part or tissue
lobotomy

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of -tomy¹

Representing Greek -tomia; -tome, -y ³

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of -tomy¹

from Greek -tomia; see _-tome

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Tomy Tran, a father of three from Oklahoma, said, “I’ve been to some of these indoor places and it’s more like a jungle gym. Here, my kids will go into the area, pick up the book and actually start reading it as if they’re in the story.”

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One of the companies behind its development is Tomy, who created the Transformers toys.

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In 2011, she returned home to marry Tomy Thomas in a match arranged by her family.

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A cool new take on the original Tomy Waterful games, these handheld, pocket-sized, non-electronic sensory travel games from Seattle’s Sky Castle Toys have floating treasures, glitter and squishy buttons.

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The other prose finalists are László Krasznahorkai’s “Spadework for a Palace,” translated from Hungarian by John Batki; B. Jeyamohan’s “Stories of the True,” translated from Tamil by Priyamvada Ramkumar; and Sheela Tomy’s debut novel “Valli,” translated from Malayalam by Jayasree Kalathil.

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What does -tomy mean?

The combining form -tomy used like a suffix has several meanings. 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 body.The combining form -tomy is also occasionally used to form abstract nouns in reference to some type of “division,” as in dichotomy, "division into two parts."The combining form -tomy comes from the Greek -tomia, meaning “cutting,” which is based on the verb ��é��Ա𾱲�, “to cut.”Related to -tomy are the combining forms -tome, -tomous, and tomo-. Also related to -tomy is -ectomy, which literally means “cutting out of” and specifically refers to the excision or removal of organs, as in a tonsillectomy.Learn more about -ectomy in our 51�Թ�s That Use article for the form.Also related to ��ó��ǲ� is atom. What’s the big idea behind atoms and cutting? Find out in our Origin section for this term.

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