stoma
See also: Stoma
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From New Latin stoma, from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).
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stoma (plural stomata or stomas)
- (botany) One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.
- Synonym: stomate
- (medicine) 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.
- (zoology) A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode.
- An artificial anus.
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botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
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small opening in a membrane
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- Stoma (botany) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Stoma (medicine) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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stoma m (plural stomas or stomata, diminutive stomaatje n)
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stoma
- Romanization of 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌼𐌰
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stoma m (plural stomi)
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stoma
- (rare) instrumental of sto