enterostomy

[en-tuh-ros-tuh-mee]

noun

Surgery.

plural

enterostomies 

1. the making of an artificial opening into the intestine, which opens onto the abdominal wall, for feeding or drainage.

enterostomy

/ ˌɛntəˈrɒstəmɪ /

noun

1. surgical formation of a permanent opening into the intestine through the abdominal wall, used as an artificial anus, for feeding, etc

Other Word Forms

• enterostomal adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of enterostomy¹

First recorded in 1875–80; entero- + -stomy

Example Sentences

Enterostomy, or the formation of a fecal fistula above the ileocecal valve, was performed for the first time by Nelaton in 1840, but the mortality since 1840 has been so great that in most cases it is deemed inadmissible.

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