ostomate

The definition of an ostomate is a person who has undergone a surgical procedure to create an opening in the body that will be used to discharge wastes.

(noun)

A person who had cancer and who can no longer expel waste naturally who has a surgery performed to create a port that bodily waste can be removed through is an example of an ostomate.

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See ostomate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person who has had an ostomy

See ostomate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
One who has undergone an ostomy.

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