COLOSTOMY

Meaning of COLOSTOMY in English

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

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

COLOSTOMY — noun (plural -mies) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary 2col- + -stomy Date: 1888 surgical formation of an artificial anus by connecting …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COLOSTOMY — Surgical formation of an artificial anus by making an opening from the colon through the abdominal wall. It may be …
Английский словарь Британика
COLOSTOMY — kəˈlästəmē noun ( -es ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary col- + -stomy 1. : the surgical formation of an artificial …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLOSTOMY — /keuh los"teuh mee/ , n. , pl. colostomies . Surg. 1. the construction of an artificial opening from the colon …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COLOSTOMY — n. operation performed on the colon (main part of the large intestine)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
COLOSTOMY — noun ( plural -mies ) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary col- (II) + -stomy Date: 1888 : surgical formation of an …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COLOSTOMY — [ kə'lɒstəmi ] ■ noun ( plural colostomies ) a surgical operation in which the colon is shortened to remove …
Concise Oxford English vocab
COLOSTOMY — [co.los.to.my] n, pl -mies [ISV [2]col- + -stomy] (1888): surgical formation of an artificial anus
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COLOSTOMY — the surgical formation of an artificial anus by making an opening from the colon through the abdominal wall. A colostomy …
Britannica English vocabulary
COLOSTOMY — colostom|y BrE AmE kə ˈlɒst əm |i AmE \ -ˈlɑːst- ▷ colostom|ies iz ▶ co ˈ lostomy bag BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
COLOSTOMY — / kəˈlɒstəmi; NAmE kəˈlɑːs-/ noun ( pl. -ies ) ( medical ) an operation in which part of a person's …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COLOSTOMY — n. (pl. -ies) Surgery an operation on the colon to make an opening in the abdominal wall to provide an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COLOSTOMY — n. (pl. -ies) Surgery an operation on the colon to make an opening in the abdominal wall to provide an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COLOSTOMY — ( colostomies) A colostomy is a surgical operation in which a permanent opening from the colon is made. ( MEDICAL …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COLOSTOMY — (colostomies) A ~ is a surgical operation in which a permanent opening from the colon is made. (MEDICAL) N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
COLOSTOMY — n. Surgical formation of an artificial anus by making an opening from the colon through the abdominal wall. It may …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
COLOSTOMY — An altered exit from the colon by diverting from a hole in the colon through the wall of the abdomen. …
English Dictionary of Medicine
COLOSTOMY — An opening into the colon from the outside of the body. A colostomy provides a new path for waste material …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
COLOSTOMY — колостомия (наложение свища на ободочную кишку)
Новый Англо-Русский медицинский словарь
COLOSTOMY — n. Pronunciation: k ə - ' läs-t ə -m ē Function: noun Inflected Form: plural -mies Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
COLOSTOMY POUCH — noun see colostomy bag
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLOSTOMY BELT — noun : a belt or girdle designed to hold a colostomy bag securely against a colostomy
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COLOSTOMY BAG — noun or colostomy pouch : a container kept constantly in position to receive feces discharged through a colostomy
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PERINEAL COLOSTOMY — An opening made surgically to allow the colon to exit the body through the perineum (the area of the body …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms
OSTOMY — Surgical opening in the body, or the operation creating it, usually to allow discharge of wastes through the abdominal wall. …
Английский словарь Британика
DIVERTICULUM — Small pouch or sac formed in the wall of a major organ, usually the esophagus , small intestine , or …
Английский словарь Британика
OSTOMY — ˈästəmē noun ( -es ) Etymology: from -ostomy (as in colostomy ) : an operation (as a colostomy) to create …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STOMA — ˈstōmə noun ( plural stoma·ta -əd.ə sometimes ˈstäm- ; also stomas ) Etymology: New Latin, from Greek, mouth — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CYST- — combining form or cysti- or cysto- Etymology: French, from Greek kyst-, kysto-, from kystis bladder, pouch 1. a. : gall …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OSTOMY — noun ( plural -mies ) Etymology: colostomy Date: 1957 : an operation (as a colostomy) to create an artificial passage …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
OSTOMY — [os.to.my] n, pl -mies [colostomy] (1957): an operation (as a colostomy) to create an artificial passage for bodily elimination
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OSTOMY — (from Latin: ostium, mouth), any operation in which an artificial stoma, or opening, is surgically created; the term is also …
Britannica English vocabulary

Oxford English vocab

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