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ostomy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | surgery, surgical procedure, surgical process, operation, surgical operation |
| Has types | ileostomy, colostomy |
Examples of ostomy
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After doctors had exhausted all other options, they performed an ostomy in 1997.
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Because of my ostomy, I was able to safely continue my pregnancy almost to term.
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I recently started a new job selling medical supplies, including to ostomy patients.
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Ostomy Meets to review new products, discuss management techniques and offer support.
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We celebrate the ostomy because it assisted in eradicating the cancer.
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Ostomy support group First Sundays, for patients and family members.
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Our sales focus is on the urological, incontinent, enteral, ostomy and diabetic product groups.
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My dad when through emergency surgery and was horrified when he woke up and found he had an ostomy.
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I still can't believe how well that guy did on his horse, with his ostomy and he was in his late seventies.
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- Surgical procedure that creates an artificial opening for the elimination of bodily wastes
- In medicine, a stoma (Greek - pl. stomata) is an opening (a direct translation of the Koine Greek would be "mouth"), either natural or surgically created (artificial), which connects a portion of the body cavity to the outside environment. ...
- Operation that makes it possible for stool to leave the body through an opening made in the abdomen; necessary when part or all of the intestines are removed. Colostomy and ileostomy are types of ostomy.
- (os-to-me) a general term meaning an opening, especially one made by surgery. See also colostomy, ileostomy, urostomy, and tracheostomy.
- An opening in the skin to allow for a suprapubic cystostomy (catheter drainage), for elimination of intestinal contents (colostomy or ileostomy) or for passage of air (tracheostomy).
- (AHS-toe-mee): A surgically created opening from an area inside the body to the outside. Colostomy and urostomy are types of ostomies. Also called stoma.
- A suffix that refers to a surgically created passage connecting an internal organ with the skin of other internal organs.
- Artificial stoma, or opening, from the urinary or digestive system to the skin, may be permanent or reversed. See anastamosis.
- An artificial opening into the urinary or gastrointestinal can or the trachea (windpipe).
