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Record 1 2003-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
DEF

A word termination denoting the surgical creation of an artificial opening into a hollow organ (colostomy, tracheostomy) or a new opening between two such structures (gastroenterostomy, pyeloureterostomy) ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
DEF

[...] suffixe indiquant la création chirurgicale d'une ouverture artificielle dans un organe creux (colostomie), ou une nouvelle ouverture entre deux structures creuses (gastroentérostomie).

OBS

Connu comme suffixe, [stomie] est acceptable comme substantif. Il se différencie nettement de "stomate", de même étymologie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cirugía
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