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ileostomy

ileostomy noun: the surgical operation of attaching the ileum to the abdominal wall at a stoma (similar to a colostomy).

ileostomy: the surgical operation of attaching the ileum to the abdominal wall at a stoma (similar to a...
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Noun

ileostomy (plural ileostomies)

  1. The surgical operation of attaching the ileum to the abdominal wall at a stoma (similar to a colostomy).

ileostomy meaning in Tamil

ileostomy in Tamil

கடைச்சிறுகுடல் துளைப்பு

Forms of ileostomy

pluralileostomies

Origin of ileostomy

From ileo- + -stomy.

Words formed from ileostomy

Questions about ileostomy

What does ileostomy mean?
Ileostomy means the surgical operation of attaching the ileum to the abdominal wall at a stoma (similar to a colostomy).
What is ileostomy in Tamil?
Ileostomy in Tamil is கடைச்சிறுகுடல் துளைப்பு. See Ileostomy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ileostomy?
Ileostomy is a noun.
What is the plural of ileostomy?
The plural of ileostomy is ileostomies.

Words near ileostomy in the dictionary

  1. ileostomies
  2. ileostomist
  3. ileostomists
  4. ileostomize
  5. ileostomized
  6. ileostomy
  7. ileotomies
  8. ileotomy
  9. ileourethral
  10. ileovaginal
  11. ileovesical

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ileostomy (page history and authors); ileostomy (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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