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caecostomies

caecostomies is the plural of caecostomy.

Meaning of caecostomy

Noun

caecostomy (plural caecostomies)

  1. An operation involving bringing the caecum through the abdominal wall, most often by a tube, and opening it for drainage or decompression, usually to treat an obstruction of the colon.

Questions about caecostomies

What is caecostomies the plural of?
Caecostomies is the plural of caecostomy.

Words near caecostomies in the dictionary

  1. caecity
  2. caeco-
  3. caecocentral
  4. caecopexies
  5. caecopexy
  6. caecostomies
  7. caecostomy
  8. caecotrope
  9. caecotropes
  10. caecotroph
  11. caecotrophagic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: caecostomies (page history and authors); caecostomy (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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