After her surgery, the patient needed an ostomy bag to collect waste from her intestine that was redirected through an opening in her abdominal wall.
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Ostomy
Synonyms for "ostomy" (6 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(2 words)
stomaanatomical opening
Strong matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
artificial opening
Related words (3)
Noun(3 words)
stoma creationstoma formationsurgical opening
Related word relations
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8 entriesMore specific
5 entriesCollocations
6 entriescolostomy bagileostomy patientostomy bagostomy carestoma appliancestoma bag
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
1 entriesTranslations
3 translations across 3 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- avanteen teko noun (surgical procedure)
Spanish
1 entries- ostomÃa noun (surgical procedure)
Swedish
1 entries- stomioperation noun (surgical procedure)
Sample sentences
1 total sentences available.