Meaning Of The Word -stomy

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-stomy in American English
combining form: a combining form used in the names of surgical operations that involve the establishment of an artificial opening into or between the part or parts specified by the initial element

-stomy in British English
a surgical operation making an opening into a (specified) part or organ
combining form in countable noun: indicating a surgical operation performed to make an artificial opening into or for a specified part

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