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-ostomy

-ostomy is the alternative form of -stomy.

Meaning of -stomy

Suffix

-stomy

  1. A surgical procedure forming a hole for access, nutrition, or waste elimination.

Origin of -ostomy

From -o- (“interconsonantal”) + -stomy.

Questions about -ostomy

What is -ostomy the alternative form of?
-ostomy is the alternative form of -stomy.

Words near -ostomy in the dictionary

  1. -oses
  2. -osin
  3. -osis
  4. -osity
  5. -osmia
  6. -ostomy
  7. -ote
  8. -oth
  9. -otic
  10. -otomy
  11. -our

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Adapted from Wiktionary: -ostomy (page history and authors); -stomy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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