colocolostomy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Surgical anastomosis between two noncontinuous segments of the colon.

Word forms

colocolostomy colocolostomies

Etymology

From colo- (“relating to the colon”) + colo- (“relating to the colon”) + -stomy (“surgery creating a communication”).

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