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Colostomy

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Surgical construction of an artificial excretory opening from the colon.

n. The opening created by such a surgical procedure.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. An incision into the colon to allow for drainage.

n. The opening produced in such incision.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In surgery, the establishment of a permanent opening (artificial anus) into some portion of the colon.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. a surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus

Word Usage

"The word colostomy is derived from Greek: ‘kolon’ which means large bowel, ‘stoumon’ which means to provide an opening, and ‘tome’ which means a cutting operation."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

ostomy

Form

colostomy bag ostomy

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