ostomy

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  A surgical procedure to provide an exit point for the waste of an organism.
 * 2)  An exit point created by such surgical procedure.

Usage notes
The of the   to yield the standalone noun  began in the mid-20th century as medical jargon that was treated as too much a  for formal writing, but by the early 21st century it was well established even in formal register, and various respected dictionaries now enter it. Before this transition of acceptability, medical English already had a word for artificial bodily openings created surgically:, directly from the New Latin, based on the ancient Greek. But today such an opening is just as likely to be called an ostomy as a stoma.

Derived terms

 * ostomate

Related terms

 * stoma
 * -stomy
 * -ostomy
 * colostomy
 * ileostomy

Translations

 * Finnish: avanteen teko
 * Spanish: ostomía
 * Swedish: stomioperation


 * Finnish:
 * Swedish: stomi