Ostomy

Introduction: Ostomy

Description of Ostomy

Ostomy: -stomy
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Ostomy: An operation to create an opening (a stoma) from an area inside the body to the outside. Colostomy and urostomy are types of ostomies.
Source: National Institute of Health

Ostomy: surgical procedure that creates an artificial opening for the elimination of bodily wastes.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Ostomy: Surgical construction of an artificial opening (stoma) for external fistulization of a duct or vessel by insertion of a tube with or without a supportive stent.
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Ostomy:

More specific terms for Ostomy:

• Cystostomy
• Dacryocystorhinostomy
• Enterostomy
• Esophagostomy
• Gastrostomy
• Middle Ear Ventilation
• Nephrostomy, Percutaneous
• Pharyngostomy
• Sclerostomy
• Thoracostomy
• Tracheostomy
• Ureterostomy

Source - MeSH 2007

• colostomy
• ileostomy

Source - WordNet 2.1

Broader terms for Ostomy

• operation
• surgery
• surgical operation
• surgical procedure
• surgical process

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Ostomy

The following list attempts to classify Ostomy into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• operation,surgery,surgical operation,surgical procedure,surgical process
• medical procedure
• procedure,process
• activity
• act,human action,human activity

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Surgical Procedures, Operative
  • Ostomy

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