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ostomy

ostomy noun: a surgical procedure to provide an exit point for the waste of an organism.

Noun

ostomy (plural ostomies)

  1. A surgical procedure to provide an exit point for the waste of an organism.
  2. An exit point created by such surgical procedure.

ostomy meaning in Tamil

ostomy in Tamil

ஓட்டையிடல், செயற்கை ஓட்டை, செயற்கை துளைப்பு, திறப்பு

Synonyms of ostomy

Forms of ostomy

pluralostomies

Origin of ostomy

Back-formation from colostomy, ileostomy, gastrostomy, and similar terms.

Words formed from ostomy

Questions about ostomy

What does ostomy mean?
Ostomy means a surgical procedure to provide an exit point for the waste of an organism.
What is ostomy in Tamil?
Ostomy in Tamil is ஓட்டையிடல், செயற்கை ஓட்டை, செயற்கை துளைப்பு. See Ostomy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ostomy?
Ostomy is a noun.
What is the plural of ostomy?
The plural of ostomy is ostomies.

Words near ostomy in the dictionary

  1. ostodolepids
  2. Ostoj
  3. ostomate
  4. ostomates
  5. ostomies
  6. ostomy
  7. ostosis
  8. ostotic
  9. OSTP
  10. Ostpolitik
  11. ostraca

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ostomy (page history and authors); ostomy (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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