stoma

See also Stoma

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek στόμα (stoma, “mouth”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊmə

Noun

Wikipedia stoma (plural stomata)

1. (botany) One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.
2. 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.
3. (zoology) A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode.
4. An artificial anus.

Translations

botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf

• Finnish: ilmarako (fi)
• French: stomate (fr) m

• Russian: устьице (ru) (úst'ice) n
• Spanish: estoma (es) m

small opening in a membrane

• Finnish: avanne (fi)

zoology: mouthlike opening

• Finnish: suuaukko (fi)

botany: artificial anus

• Finnish: avanne (fi)

Anagrams

• atoms
• moats
• MOTAS

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈstoːmaː/

Noun

stoma m (plural stoma's or stomata, diminutive stomaatje)

1. stoma, (botany) One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.

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Italian

Wikipedia ^it

Noun

stoma m (plural stomi)

1. (botany, zoology, surgery) stoma (all senses)