Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgical construction of an artificial excretory opening through the abdominal wall into the ileum.
- noun The opening created by such a surgical procedure.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In surgery, the formation of an artificial opening into the ileum, as between the jejunum and the ileum.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The surgical operation of attaching the
ileum to theabdominal wall at astoma (similar to acolostomy ).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun surgical procedure that creates an opening from the ileum through the abdominal wall to function as an anus; performed in cases of cancer of the colon or ulcerative colitis
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The new plumbing was pretty bruised and the post-radiation tissue slow to heal, so they rerouted my business via an ileostomy, which is like the better-known colostomy, but coming off of the end of the small rather than large intestine.
Dane101 2009
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He spoke too fast for my brain, using words like fistula, ileostomy, and carcinomatosis.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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She was fed formula through a gastric tube and stooled through this ileostomy opening into a bag.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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She was fed formula through a gastric tube and stooled through this ileostomy opening into a bag.
Between Expectations Md Meghan Maclean Weir 2011
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He spoke too fast for my brain, using words like fistula, ileostomy, and carcinomatosis.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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“What are these?” she asks, looking down at the stomas and the ileostomy bag that drains out her bile.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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“What are these?” she asks, looking down at the stomas and the ileostomy bag that drains out her bile.
The Memory Palace Mira Bartók 2011
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I never told him about the ileostomy, but I did tell some of my boyfriends.
After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010
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Her ileostomy appliance just goes on the list, one more mundane irritation no different from the rest.
After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010
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Her brother warned her that no one would ever be interested in her sexually if she had the ileostomy.
After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010
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