English Explanatory Dictionary

ascendostomy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An operation involving the formation of an artificial opening from the ascending colon through the abdominal wall.

Word forms

ascendostomy ascendostomies

Etymology

From ascend(ing) + -o- + -stomy.

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