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Colostomy Moderate

Colostomy has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus

2

An incision into the colon to allow for drainage; the opening produced in such incision.

See Also
colostomy bag ostomy drainage colostomies ostomate ileostomy enterostomy stoma
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
ostomy
Rhyming Words
omy tomy romy homy momy nomy boomy roomy doomy stomy anomy atomy zoomy toomy sloomy dysomy eunomy ostomy disomy gloomy
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