Definition of Colostomies

1. Noun. (plural of colostomy) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Colostomies

1. colostomy [n] - See also: colostomy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Colostomies

coloscopic
coloscopies
coloscopy
colosigmoidostomy
colossal
colossal squid
colossal squids
colossally
colossean
colosseums
colossi
colossus
colossuses
colossæum
colossæums
colostomies (current term)
colostomy
colostomy bag
colostral
colostration
colostric
colostrorrhoea
colostrous
colostrum
colostrum corpuscle
colostrums
colotomies
colotomy
colour
colour'd

Literary usage of Colostomies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1919)
"Until recently we made the majority of colostomies through an oblique, ... Many of the colostomies made in this manner were perfectly satisfactory. ..."

2. Edinburgh Medical Journal (1904)
"He had done two colectomies, three ileo-colostomies, and five colostomies, with three deaths—one in each group. GLASGOW MEDICO - CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY. ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1915)
"A few resections, colostomies, trephining is Lancet, 1881, II., p. 281. i» See the extraordinarily interesting paper by J. Whitridge Williams, Jour. ..."

4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1921)
"Preliminary colostomies for obstruction, and subsequent operations besides the radical operation, sometimes three or more on a single patient, ..."

5. Trends in the Health of Older Americans: U. S., 1994 by R. A. Cohen, J. F. Van Nostrand (1996)
"colostomies, urinary catheters, or other devices—These include surgical openings and/or devices used to aid bowel movement or urination when the person has ..."

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