transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈstō-mə ]
noun
( plural sto·ma·ta -mə-tə ; also stomas )
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek stomat-, stoma mouth
Date: circa 1684
1. : any of various small simple bodily openings especially in a lower animal
2. : one of the minute openings in the epidermis of a plant organ (as a leaf) through which gaseous interchange takes place ; also : the opening with its associated cellular structures
3. : an artificial permanent opening especially in the abdominal wall made in surgical procedures