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Word: stoma (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An artificial anus.
  • A small opening in a membrane; a surgically constructed opening, especially one in the abdominal wall that permits the passage of waste after a colostomy or ileostomy.
  • botany One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.
  • zoology A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode.

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