This word ending refers to the surgical removal of an organ. Thus, mastectomy (removal of the breast), pneumonectomy (removal of a lung - lobectomy would refer to the removal of one lobe of he lung), cystectomy (the removal of the bladder), colectomy (removal of the colon), laryngectomy (removal of the larynx) etc. etc.
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