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Surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine
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enterostomy
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An enterostomy ( entero- + -stomy ; ) is either (1) a surgical procedure to create a durable opening (called a stoma ) through the abdominal wall into an intestine ( small intestine or large intestine ) or (2) the stoma thus created. The various types of ...
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n. surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine [syn: enterotomy ]