Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgical construction of an artificial excretory opening from the colon.
- noun The opening created by such a surgical procedure.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, the establishment of a permanent opening (artificial anus) into some portion of the colon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An incision into the
colon to allow fordrainage . - noun The opening produced in such incision.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus
Etymologies
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Examples
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The word colostomy is derived from Greek: ‘kolon’ which means large bowel, ‘stoumon’ which means to provide an opening, and ‘tome’ which means a cutting operation.
a better woman Susan Johnson 1999
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The word colostomy is derived from Greek: ‘kolon’ which means large bowel, ‘stoumon’ which means to provide an opening, and ‘tome’ which means a cutting operation.
a better woman Susan Johnson 1999
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The word colostomy is derived from Greek: ‘kolon’ which means large bowel, ‘stoumon’ which means to provide an opening, and ‘tome’ which means a cutting operation.
a better woman Susan Johnson 1999
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The same day, Ruth Sherman, 88, of Sunrise, Florida, was asked about a visible protrusion from her waist band, which she identified as her colostomy bag.
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And one thing that they do sometimes -- excuse me, a little bit of throat congestion -- they actually sometimes will divert some of the intestine into a bag -- it's called a colostomy bag -- so that actually the intestine gets a chance to heal, the abdominal cavity gets a chance to heal while that suture line is fixing itself.
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One thing that helps in a situation like this -- and he may have had this done, it's hard to know for sure -- is actually to create what's known as a colostomy bag.
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A colostomy is your large bowel brought to the surface of your skin, cut open.
a better woman Susan Johnson 1999
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On good days I thought: my colostomy is my badge of honour, my medal of flesh.
a better woman Susan Johnson 1999
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A colostomy is your large bowel brought to the surface of your skin, cut open.
a better woman Susan Johnson 1999
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On good days I thought: my colostomy is my badge of honour, my medal of flesh.
a better woman Susan Johnson 1999
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