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Where does “trabeculectomy” come from?

trabeculectomy (English) comes from English ectomy, from English -ectomy, from Ancient Greek ἐκτομή, from Ancient Greek ἐκτέμνω, from Ancient Greek τέμνω, from Proto-Indo-European -né- — Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

trabeculectomy (English): A surgical procedure used in the treatment of...

Definitions

  1. A surgical procedure used in the treatment of...

Ancestry of “trabeculectomy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishectomyAny operation involving surgical excision or...
2English-ectomyExcision of; Surgical removal of
3Ancient Greekἐκτομήa cutting out; a segment
4Ancient Greekἐκτέμνωto cut out; to castrate; to divide, zone
5Ancient GreekτέμνωI cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice
6Proto-Indo-European-né-Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

Words derived from “trabeculectomy”

  • phacotrabeculectomy
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