-stomy

-stomy
I. \\stəmē, -mi\ noun combining form (-es)
: -stomia
II. noun combining form (-es)
: surgical operation establishing a usually permanent opening into (such) a part

enterostomy

or between (such) parts

esophagogastrostomy

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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, -Y3]

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-stomy /-stəm-i/
combining form
Denoting a surgical operation to form a new opening into an organ, as in jejunostomy, ileostomy
ORIGIN: Gr stoma a mouth

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-stomy
(stəmɪ)
f. Gr. στόµ-α mouth, opening + -y3, used in Surg. to form the names of operations in which (a) an opening is made into the internal organ denoted by the preceding element, as in colostomy, gastrostomy; or (b) a permanent connection is made between the internal organs indicated, as in gastro-duodenostomy and gastro-gastrostomy s.v. gastro-.

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