colostomy
Americannoun
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colostomies
plural
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the construction of an artificial opening from the colon through the abdominal wall, thus bypassing a diseased portion of the lower intestine and permitting the passage of intestinal contents.
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the opening so constructed.
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"He explained the procedure to me and at that point I didn't even know what a colostomy bag was. The doctor said, 'you're very poorly and it's a very risky operation'. I could have died."
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2023
She had to wear a colostomy bag for several months until she healed.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2023
When the tumor was still stuck to my colon after chemo, I said no to another surgery, especially one that could leave me with a colostomy bag.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 6, 2023
In “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” Matthew Perry gets serious about sobriety, mortality, colostomy bags and pickleball.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2022
When the teacher got to her, Whitiker thought about the colostomy bag attached to her patient and started crying.
From "Class Matters" by The New York Times
She worked a steady stream of surgeries including hernia repairs and colostomies this week.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 20, 2020
“I felt deeply ashamed of that,” said Dr. Marie Crandall, a former trauma surgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, remembering shooting victims whose colostomies she was unauthorized to reverse.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2016
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