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What is the noun for ostomy?

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ostomy
  1. (surgery) A surgical procedure to provide an exit point for the waste of an organism.
  2. (medicine) An exit point created by such surgical procedure.
  3. Examples:
    1. “In time, you will gain confidence in managing your ostomy during sexual activity.”
      “After ostomy surgery, the VON nurse helps the individual learn to care for the ostomy and adjust to a new way of life with minimal disruption.”
      “Appliances identifiable for ostomy use are, in 2006, classified in chapter 39 of the 2002 version of the Harmonised System.”
ostomate
  1. A person who has had an ostomy, a surgical operation to create an opening in the body for the discharge of body wastes.
ostomates
  1. plural of ostomate
ostomies
  1. plural of ostomy
  2. Examples:
    1. “The denominator for this QI does not count those people who were comatose or had indwelling catheters or ostomies on the most recent assessment.”
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