-stomy

-stomy
noun combining form Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek stoma mouth, opening surgical operation establishing a usually permanent opening into (such) a part <
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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} …  

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