English Explanatory Dictionary

vesicostomy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The surgical creation of a suprapubic cystostomy, a connection between the urinary bladder and the skin, used to drain urine from the bladder.

Word forms

vesicostomy vesicostomies

Etymology

From vesico- + -stomy.

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