Colostomy
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Colostomies
- possessive
- Colostomy's
- pluralpossessive
- Colostomies'