-stomy

English

Alternative forms

• -ostomy

Etymology

See stoma.

Suffix

-stomy

1. A surgical procedure forming a hole for access, nutrition, or waste elimination.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -stomy

acrostomy

angiostomy

antrostomy

appendicostomy

arthrostomy

ascendostomy

caecostomy

cholangiostomy

choledochocholedochostomy

choledochostomy

cochleostomy

colocolostomy

colostomy

craniostomy

cystostomy

dacryocystorhinostomy

descendostomy

duodenostomy

enterostomy

gastroduodenostomy

gastroenterostomy

gastrostomy

hepatoduodenostomy

hepatoportoenterostomy

ileoileostomy

ileostomy

jejunoileostomy

jejunojejunostomy

jejunostomy

laparostomy

myringostomy

neostomy

nephrostomy

pancreaticogastrostomy

pancreaticojejunostomy

pharyngostomy

salpingostomy

septostomy

sigmoidostomy

thoracostomy

tracheostomy

transversostomy

tympanostomy

ureterocutaneostomy

ureteroproctostomy

ureterostomy

urethrostomy

urostomy

vasoepididymostomy

ventriculostomy

vesicostomy