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ENTEROSTOMY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does enterostomy mean?
• ENTEROSTOMY (noun)
The noun ENTEROSTOMY has 1 sense:
1. surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine
Familiarity information: ENTEROSTOMY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
enterostomy; enterotomy
Hypernyms ("enterostomy" is a kind of...):
operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)
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