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

1 sense of ostomy

Sense 1
ostomy -- (surgical procedure that creates an artificial opening for the elimination of bodily wastes)
       => 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")