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colostomies

colostomies is the plural of colostomy.

Meaning of colostomy

Noun

colostomy (plural colostomies)

  1. An incision into the colon to allow for drainage.
  2. The opening produced in such incision.
    Synonyms:
    stoma

Questions about colostomies

What is colostomies the plural of?
Colostomies is the plural of colostomy.

Words near colostomies in the dictionary

  1. colossæum
  2. colossæums
  3. colosteid
  4. colosteids
  5. colostography
  6. colostomies
  7. colostomy
  8. colostomy bag
  9. colostomy bags
  10. colostra
  11. colostral

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Adapted from Wiktionary: colostomies (page history and authors); colostomy (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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