colostomy

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Etymology

colo- + -stomy

Noun

colostomy (plural colostomies)

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

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