temno-, temn- +

(Greek: to cut, cutting; literally, a piece cut off)


apotemnophilia, apotemnophile
A sexual perversion in which sexual arousal and orgasm are dependent upon the subject being an amputee.
apotemnophobia
A fear or dread of being around people who have an amputation.
autotemnous
1. Capable of spontaneous division.
2. A reference to a cell that propagates itself by fission (cell division) without previous conjugation (joining together).
temenos (s), temene (pl)
The sacred area surrounding a temple in Greek antiquity.

A sacred precinct, literally, a place cut off, a section.

Greek temenos (τέμενος, from the Greek verb τέμνω "to cut"). It was a piece of land cut off and declared to be an official domain, especially to kings and chiefs, or a piece of land marked off from common uses and dedicated to a god, a sanctuary, a holy grove, or a holy precinct.

Examples of temene: The Pythian race-course was called a temenos; as well as, the sacred valley of the Nile, the Acropolis was the temenos of Pallas, and Olympia was the temenos of Zeus.


Related cutting-word units: castrat-; -cise, -cide; -ectomy; put-; sec-, seg-; -tomy; trunc-.


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