Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stoma
2 senses of stoma
Sense 1
stoma, stomate, pore -- (a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass)
=> aperture -- (a natural opening in something)
Sense 2
stoma -- (a mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ))
=> orifice, opening, porta -- (an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart")