Colostomy

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An incision into the colon to allow for drainage.
  2. 2
    a surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus wordnet
  3. 3
    The opening produced in such incision.

Synonyms

All synonyms
artificial anusstoma

Etymology

From colo- + -stomy.

Related phrases

colostomy bag

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