colostomy

English

Etymology

colo- +‎ -stomy

Noun

colostomy (plural colostomies)

(surgery) An incision into the colon to allow for drainage; the opening produced in such incision.
Hyponyms: ascendostomy, transversostomy, descendostomy, sigmoidostomy

Hypernyms

ostomy
stoma

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

colostomy bag

Translations

incision

Finnish: kolostomia
French: colostomie (fr) f
Swedish: kolostomi c

opening

Finnish: paksusuoliavanne
Swedish: kolostomi c

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