- -stomy
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noun combining form
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek stoma mouth, opening
surgical operation establishing a usually permanent opening into (such) a part <enterostomy>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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-stomy — I. stəmē, mi noun combining form ( es) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin stomia (I) : stomia II. noun combining form … Useful english dictionary
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-stomy — a combining form used in the names of surgical operations that involve the establishment of an artificial opening into or between the part or parts specified by the initial element: gastrostomy. [ < Gk stomia, deriv. of stóma mouth. See STOME,… … Universalium
-stomy — Artificial or surgical opening. See stomato . [G. stoma, mouth] * * * ( ostomy) suffix denoting a surgical opening into an organ or part. Example: colostomy (into the colon). * * * [Gr. stoma mouth] a word termination denoting the surgical… … Medical dictionary
-stomy — sto·my … English syllables
-stomy — ostomy combining form denoting a surgical opening into an organ or part. colostomy into the colon … The new mediacal dictionary
-stomy — aff. a combining form used in the names of surgical operations that involve the establishment of an artificial opening into or between the part or parts specified by the initial element: colostomy[/ex] • Etymology: < Gk stomia, der. of stóma… … From formal English to slang
-stomy — a word element used in names of surgical operations for making an artificial opening, as in colostomy. {Greek combining form stomia, from stoma mouth} …
