What does "ostomate" mean?

A person who has had an ostomy, a surgical operation to create an opening in the body for the discharge of body wastes.

Ostomate

noun

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Noun

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A person who has had an ostomy, a surgical operation to create an opening in the body for the discharge of body wastes.

From ostomy + -ate (noun-forming suffix).