OSTOMY


Meaning of OSTOMY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈäs-tə-mē ]

noun

( plural -mies )

Etymology: colostomy

Date: 1957

: an operation (as a colostomy) to create an artificial passage for bodily elimination

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