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cystostomy

American

[si-stos-tuh-mee] / sɪˈstɒs tə mi /

noun

Surgery.

the construction of an artificial opening from the bladder through the abdominal wall, permitting the drainage of urine.
the opening so constructed.

Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

cystostomies

plural

Etymology

Origin of cystostomy

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

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