Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun enterostomy

1 sense of enterostomy

Sense 1
enterostomy, enterotomy -- (surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine)
       => operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process -- (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery")