What does colostomy mean?
Colostomy means (surgery) An incision into the colon to allow for drainage..
Looking up this word…
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(surgery) An incision into the colon to allow for drainage..
Use colostomy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Colostomy means (surgery) An incision into the colon to allow for drainage..
Common synonyms include stoma.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use colostomy where its definition matches the intended context.
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.