stoma
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- noun
- /ˈstoʊmə/
- Specialized
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- We also believe that the electrically stimulated neosphincter might have wider applications; for example, it could be adapted to produce a continent stoma if patients did not wish to have a major reconstruction, and its use in the urinary tract should also be considered.
And that is like my perfect sink for a stoma bag change.
- And that is like my perfect sink for a stoma bag change.
- And I've got a cool, you know, WhatsApp group of girls who've all got stomas who had the same operation at the same hospital.
- And that new stoma wouldn't be Mona.
Examples
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We clean the stoma with simple saline on a cotton-tipped applicator.
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In patients who have undergone a tracheotomy or who have a permanent tracheal stoma, topical anesthetic can be applied directly to the tracheal mucosa via a nebulizer.
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A decision was made to create a stoma.
Academic text (2002) -
And that is like my perfect sink for a stoma bag change.
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Nevertheless, these patients were substantially improved and no longer required a stoma, which was their only other option.
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We were finishing the attachment of the colon to stoma to the skin of this last patient.
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Six weeks later, a follow-up examination revealed that the stoma had healed.
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The operation restored continence for solids to patients whose only other choice was a permanent stoma.
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The stoma was fashioned by suturing the skin edges to the trachea of the first and third intercartilaginous membranes.
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The nurse explained how to care for the stoma after the surgery.
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word stoma comes from a Greek word stoma meaning 'mouth', so a surgical stoma is like a made 'mouth' in the body that lets waste or air pass in or out. That's why doctors call the hole created by surgery a stoma.