colostomía

See also: colostomia

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English colostomy, from Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon, “colon”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”) + -ía.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kolostoˈmia/ [ko.los.t̪oˈmi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: co‧los‧to‧mí‧a

Noun

colostomía f (plural colostomías)

1. colostomy

Further reading

• “colostomía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10