Ostomy Definition

ŏstə-mē
ostomies
noun
Surgical construction of an artificial excretory opening, as a colostomy or ileostomy.
American Heritage Medicine
Any surgery connecting a hollow organ to the outside of the body or to another hollow organ, as a colostomy.
Webster's New World

(surgery) A surgical procedure to provide an exit point for the waste of an organism.

Wiktionary
(medicine) An exit point created by such surgical procedure.
Wiktionary
suffix
Alternative form of -stomy.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Ostomy

Noun

Singular:
ostomy
Plural:
ostomies

Origin of Ostomy

  • From -o- (“interconsonantal”) + -stomy.

    From Wiktionary

  • Back-formation from colostomy.

    From Wiktionary

  • From (col)ostomy

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Ostomy Sentence Examples

  • These conduits (also called " loops ") simply drain into an ostomy bag secured onto the patients skin covering the ostomy bag secured onto the patients skin covering the ostomy.

  • It is sometimes necessary to create a substitute bowel by making an opening (ostomy) into the abdomen through the skin, from which waste products are discharged temporarily.

  • Parents and caregivers need instruction on how to care for the ostomy.

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Words Starting With

OOSOST

Words Ending With

YMYOMY

Unscrambles

ostomy

Words Starting With O and Ending With Y

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Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With O6 Letter Words Ending With Y