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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

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Colostomies
possessive
Colostomy's
pluralpossessive
Colostomies'