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.

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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

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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

When he realized that countless others with ostomy bags were struggling as he was, he decided to do something about it.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2020

One night Gubar has an “accident” — her excrement-containing ostomy bag, girdled to her stomach, oozes with messy seepage.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 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