enterostomy
the making of an artificial opening into the intestine, which opens onto the abdominal wall, for feeding or drainage.
Origin of enterostomy
1Other words from enterostomy
- en·ter·os·to·mal, adjective
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How to use enterostomy in a sentence
It had even been proposed to perform the operation of gastro-enterostomy in the belief that some organic disease existed.
The Nervous Child | Hector Charles Cameron"It was a gastro-enterostomy, without complications," he explained.
Kildares of Storm | Eleanor Mercein Kelly
British Dictionary definitions for enterostomy
/ (ˌɛntəˈrɒstəmɪ) /
surgical formation of a permanent opening into the intestine through the abdominal wall, used as an artificial anus, for feeding, etc
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