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stoma::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | pore, stomate |
| Type of | aperture |
| Has types | germ pore, hydathode, lenticel, water stoma, water pore |
| Derivation | astomatal, stomatal, stomatous |
Examples of stoma
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Potassium regulates the opening and closing of the stoma by a potassium ion pump.
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His stoma, which is the opening between his intestine and pouch, had expanded.
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Using that device, Morton stitched pleats to narrow the patient's stoma.
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Each week I peel off the old wafer and wash the skin and stoma with antibacterial soap.
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The reduced need for a protective stoma is another appealing attribute.
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Knowing now about your stoma, I have a renewed respect for your battle with prostate cancer.
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A stoma is an opening through which carbon dioxide goes in and oxygen and water vapor escape.
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I was so grateful to the incredible stoma nursing staff there, who truly made it an ok experience.
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Plants lose 95 percent of the water they take in to evaporation through these pores, also called stoma.
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- A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass
- A mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ)
- (stomatous) stomatal: relating to or of the nature of or having a mouth or mouthlike opening
- In botany, a stoma (also stomate; plural stomata) is a pore, found in the leaf and stem epidermis that is used for gas exchange. ...
- 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. ...
- One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass; A small opening in a membrane; a surgically constructed opening, especially one in the abdominal wall that permits the passage of waste after a colostomy or ileostomy; A mouthlike opening, such ...
- A surgically created opening in an organ, such as the stomach (gastrostomy) or intestine (colostomy).
- Specialised pore in epidermis of plant, through which some fungi infect; in gasteromycetes and some other groups, a small opening of the fruit-body through which spores are discharged. pl. stomata. cf. ostiole.
- A surgically created opening from an area inside the body to the outside. Colostomy and urostomy are types of stomas. Also called an ostomy.
