colostomy

English

Etymology

From colo- +‎ -stomy.

Pronunciation

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Noun

colostomy (plural colostomies)

1. (surgery) An incision into the colon to allow for drainage; the opening produced in such incision.

   Hyponyms: ascendostomy, transversostomy, descendostomy, sigmoidostomy

Hypernyms

• ostomy
• stoma

Coordinate terms

• colectomy
• coloplasty
• colotomy

Derived terms

• colostomy bag
• enterocolostomy
• gastrocolostomy
• jejunocolostomy

 

Translations

incision

• Finnish: kolostomia
• French: colostomie (fr) f
• Portuguese: colostomia f
• Romanian: colostomie f
• Russian: колостоми́я (ru) f (kolostomíja)
• Swedish: kolostomi c

opening

• Finnish: paksusuoliavanne
• Portuguese: colostomia f
• Romanian: colostomie f
• Russian: колостоми́я (ru) f (kolostomíja)
• Swedish: kolostomi c