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cystostomy

[ si-stos-tuh-mee ]

noun

, Surgery.
, plural cys·tos·to·mies.
  1. the construction of an artificial opening from the bladder through the abdominal wall, permitting the drainage of urine.
  2. the opening so constructed.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cystostomy1

First recorded in 1905–10; cysto- + -stomy

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