surgical removal
The surgical terminology suffix ''-ectomy'' was taken from Greek εκ-τομια = "act of cutting out". It means surgical removal of something, usually from inside the body.
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* Adenectomy is the surgical removal of a gland.
*Adenoidectomy is t ...
of all or part of a
gland
A gland is a Cell (biology), cell or an Organ (biology), organ in an animal's body that produces and secretes different substances that the organism needs, either into the bloodstream or into a body cavity or outer surface. A gland may also funct ...
.Mosby's Medical Dictionary
See also
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List of surgeries by type
Many Surgery, surgical procedure names can be broken into parts to indicate the meaning. For example, in gastrectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix (linguistics), suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Gastro-" means stomach. Thus, ''gastrectom ...