Synonyms & related words for colotomy

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of colotomy. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to colotomy

Explore words related to colotomy — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include colostomy, colon, colonitis, ileostomy, colectomy, colonic, ostomate, enterostomy. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does colotomy come from?

The word colotomy breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: colo, from Greek kolon (“colon, large intestine”); and -tomy, from Greek tome (“a cutting”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.