urostomy

English

Etymology

From uro- +‎ -stomy.

Noun

urostomy (plural urostomies)

1. A surgically constructed opening in the urinary tract allowing urine to exit the body; the procedure of making such an opening.
   • 2024 May 29, Simon Hattenstone, “The radical, ravishing rebirth of Tracey Emin: ‘I didn’t want to die as some mediocre YBA’”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     She now has a stoma (an opening in her abdomen) and relies on a urostomy bag to collect her urine.

Translations

surgically constructed opening

• Finnish: virtsa-avanne (fi)
• French: urostomie f
• German: Urostoma n, Künstlicher Blasenausgang m
• Italian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: urostomía f