COLOSTOMY
- the construction of an artificial opening from the colon through the abdominal wall, thus bypassing a diseased portion of the lower intestine and permitting the passage of intestinal contents
- the opening so constructed
- a surgical incision in the colon to provide an artificial anus through the abdominal wall in cases of stricture etc [n COLOSTOMIES]
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