"colostomy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: colostomies [plural]
Etymology: colo- + -stomy Etymology templates: {{confix|en|colo|stomy}} colo- + -stomy Head templates: {{en-noun}} colostomy (plural colostomies)
  1. (surgery) An incision into the colon to allow for drainage; the opening produced in such incision. Categories (topical): Surgery Hypernyms: ostomy, stoma Derived forms: colostomy bag Coordinate_terms: colectomy, coloplasty, colotomy Translations (incision): kolostomia (Finnish), colostomie [feminine] (French), kolostomi [common-gender] (Swedish) Translations (opening): paksusuoliavanne (Finnish), kolostomi [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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