colostomy

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Noun
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co=los=to=my

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun colostomy has 1 sense

OXFORD DICTIONARY

colostomy, n. (pl. -ies) Surgery an operation on the colon to make an opening in the abdominal wall to provide an artificial anus.

Etymology
as COLON(2) + Gk stoma mouth

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