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stoma

UK/ˈstəʊmə//ˈstoʊmə/

stoma noun: one of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.

Noun

stoma (plural stomata or stomas)

  1. One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.
    Synonyms:
    stomate
  2. A small opening in a membrane; a surgically constructed opening, especially one in the abdominal wall that permits the passage of waste after a colostomy or ileostomy; an artificial anus.
    • From a large tote bag sat beside her, she takes out a Victoria Beckham makeup bag, which contains her urostomy night bag, which plugs into the bag on the stoma.2024 May 29, Simon Hattenstone, “The radical, ravishing rebirth of Tracey Emin: ‘I didn’t want to die as some mediocre YBA’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
  3. A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode.

stoma meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Tagalog

stoma in Tamil

வாய், செயற்கை குதம், இலைத்துளை, துளை

stoma in Urdu

چاک, دہاں, شگاف

stoma in Telugu

botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
పత్రరంధ్రము patrarandhramu

stoma in Tagalog

botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
kilitdahon
More languagesFewer languages
stoma in Thai
ปากใบ bpàak-bai
stoma in Vietnamese
khí khổng

Examples of stoma in a sentence

  • Poikilohydry occurs in such organisms as lichens and bryophytes, which lack mechanisms such as waterproofing cuticles or stomata that can help resist desiccation.
  • The stomata are ranunculaceous (anomocytic) and confined to the lower leaflet surface.
  • The protostoma with its wall—the protorhabdion—is the major part of the stoma.

All 13 example sentences with stoma

Synonyms of stoma

Forms of stoma

pluralstomata
pluralstomas

Plural of stoma: stomata or stomas

Origin of stoma

Borrowed from New Latin stoma, from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

Words formed from stoma

Phrases with stoma

Words that rhyme with stoma

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Questions about stoma

What does stoma mean?
Stoma means one of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.
What is stoma in Tamil?
Stoma in Tamil is வாய், செயற்கை குதம், இலைத்துளை. See Stoma meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is stoma?
Stoma is a noun.
How do you pronounce stoma?
Stoma is pronounced /ˈstəʊmə/ (UK).
What is the plural of stoma?
The plural of stoma is stomata.

Words near stoma in the dictionary

  1. Stoltzfus
  2. Stoltzfuses
  3. Stolypin's necktie
  4. Stolz
  5. stolzite
  6. stoma
  7. stoma bag
  8. stoma bags
  9. stomach
  10. stomach ache
  11. stomach aches

Source and license

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