Associations to the word «Colostomy»

Wiktionary

COLOSTOMY, noun. An incision into the colon to allow for drainage.
COLOSTOMY, noun. The opening produced in such incision.

Dictionary definition

COLOSTOMY, noun. A surgical operation that creates an opening from the colon to the surface of the body to function as an anus.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca