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Colostomy
Meaning
Noun
●
In Surgery:
An
incision
into the
colon
to
allow for
drainage
; the
opening
produced
in such
incision
.
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Origin
colostomy
English
-stomy
English
colon
English
colon
Latin
κόλον
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
κώλον
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
κῶλον
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
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