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Definition of Ostomies
1. ostomy [n] - See also: ostomy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ostomies
Literary usage of Ostomies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles and Practice of Medicine: Designed for the Use of by William Osler (1901)
"... mortality 57.4 per cent; 215 gastro-enter- ostomies, mortality 43.3 per cent;
pyloroplasty, 29 cases, mortality 20.7 per cent. ..."
2. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1922)
"The extent of its abuse may be surmised from the fact that it has been found
necessary to cut off a number of gastro-enter- ostomies in the Mayo Clinic ..."
3. Collected Papers by the Staff of Saint Mary's Hospital, Mayo Clinic by Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester, Minn.) (1921)
"... and many physicians still believe natural closure to be the ultimate fate of
gastro-enter- ostomies, although in truth it is a rare condition. ..."
4. Diseases of the Stomach and Upper Alimentary Tract by Anthony Bassler (1913)
"'ic gastric or duodenal ulcers, including hemorrhagic cases and glass stomach,
3.5 per cent., and Mayo Robson's 210 gastro- ostomies, etc., 3.8 per cent., ..."
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