Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • suffix Part; area; segment.
  • suffix Cutting instrument.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin -tomus, from Greek -tomos, a cutting, from tomos; see tome.]

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