COLOSTOMY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("colostomy" is a kind of...):

ostomy (surgical procedure that creates an artificial opening for the elimination of bodily wastes)

Meronyms (parts of "colostomy"):

stoma (a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ))

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