Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Surgical construction of an artificial excretory opening from the urinary tract.
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- noun a
surgically constructed opening in theurinary tract allowingurine to exit the body; the procedure of making such an opening.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The media have documented a string of monstrous cases in which prosthetic breasts have been exposed and urostomy bags worn by bladder-cancer patients have been disconnected, with humiliating consequences.
The TSA Is Keeping the Skies Safe Gabriel Schoenfeld 2010
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The lieutenant said Avila suddenly removed her urostomy bag and threw it at the three arresting officers, who were splashed with urine.
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"I have been surprised," declares a woman who must wear a bag of urine attached to her abdomen, "at how little most men I have sex with are bothered by my urostomy."
Latex Conquers All 2005
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"I have been surprised," declares a woman who must wear a bag of urine attached to her abdomen, "at how little most men I have sex with are bothered by my urostomy."
Latex Conquers All 2005
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There were representatives of colostomy groups, urostomy groups and ileostomy groups at Bridgend.
Archive 2006-10-01 Glyn Davies 2006
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I have been surprised at how little most men I have had sex with are bothered by my urostomy in which urine is collected from the bladder in a small bag attached to the abdomen.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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I think they must already accept my disability to some extent before becoming intimate, so perhaps they just see the urostomy as more of the same—part of the disability, which is how I see it.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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The TSA humiliated a former bladder cancer patient for the second time earlier this month when an agent dislodged his urostomy bag, soaking him in...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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In one case, a Michigan bladder cancer survivor said that his urostomy bag, which contained urine, spilled during a rough patdown by a TSA agent.
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The lieutenant said Avila suddenly removed her urostomy bag and threw it at the three arresting officers, who were splashed with urine.
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