ostomy

American  

[os-tuh-mee] / ˈɒs tə mi /

noun

ostomies plural

1. any of various surgical procedures, as a colostomy, in which an artificial opening is made so as to permit the drainage of waste products either into an appropriate organ or to the outside of the body.

---

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ostomies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of ostomy

1955–60; generalized from words in which -ostomy is the final element; see -o-, -stomy

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

ostomy ostomies

He lives in Llanelli with his wife Jane and is a bus driver, but before his ostomy surgery he worked in a factory.

From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2023

"Brayden suffered before he died because the hospital, its nurses, and the home health nurse failed to teach and take care of this young man with a new ostomy."

From Fox News ● Jan. 12, 2022

American Eagle Outfitters' Aerie brand is selling camouflage-print ostomy covers and hot pink insulin pump belts.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 6, 2021

I spent months doing research in between radiation and surgery and figuring out the new ostomy on my own and then chemo... and ended up being the one to educate all of them.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2018

She was forced to use an ostomy bag, placed six inches under her left breast.

From Salon ● Jul. 9, 2017

“A bag is better than a box,” people with ostomies joke online.

From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2015