ostomy

[ os-tuh-mee ]

noun,plural os·to·mies.
  1. any of various surgical procedures, as a colostomy, in which an artificial opening is made so as to permit the drainage of waste products either into an appropriate organ or to the outside of the body.

Origin of ostomy

1
1955–60; generalized from words in which -ostomy is the final element; see -o-, -stomy

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