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COLOSTOMY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("colostomy" is a kind of...):
ostomy (surgical procedure that creates an artificial opening for the elimination of bodily wastes)
Meronyms (parts of "colostomy"):
stoma (a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ))
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