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-stomy (stə mē)

a surgical operation making an opening into a (specified) part or organ colostomy

Etymology: Gr -stomia < stoma, mouth: see stoma

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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