"colostomy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-colostomy.wav [US] Forms: colostomies [plural]
Etymology: From colo- + -stomy. Etymology templates: {{af|en|colo-|-stomy}} colo- + -stomy Head templates: {{en-noun}} colostomy (plural colostomies)
  1. (surgery) An incision into the colon to allow for drainage.
    Sense id: en-colostomy-en-noun-4BXtp6-K Categories (other): Surgery, English terms suffixed with -stomy Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -stomy: 55 45 Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
  2. The opening produced in such incision. Synonyms (opening): stoma Translations (incision): kolostomia (Finnish), colostomie [feminine] (French), κολοστομία (kolostomía) [feminine] (Greek), colostomia [feminine] (Portuguese), colostomie [feminine] (Romanian), колостоми́я (kolostomíja) [feminine] (Russian), colostomía [feminine] (Spanish), kolostomi [common-gender] (Swedish) Translations (opening): paksusuoliavanne (Finnish), colostomia [feminine] (Portuguese), colostomie [feminine] (Romanian), колостоми́я (kolostomíja) [feminine] (Russian), kolostomi [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-colostomy-en-noun-sMIbdeXy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with colo-, English terms suffixed with -stomy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with colo-: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -stomy: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of 'opening': 7 93 Disambiguation of 'incision': 43 57 Disambiguation of 'opening': 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: ostomy, stoma Derived forms: colostomy bag, enterocolostomy, gastrocolostomy, jejunocolostomy Coordinate_terms: colectomy, coloplasty, colotomy

Inflected forms

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