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Last uploaded: January 16, 2025
Id http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D054047
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D054047
Preferred Name

Surgical Stomas

Definitions
Artificial openings created by a surgeon for therapeutic reasons. Most often this refers to openings from the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT through the ABDOMINAL WALL to the outside of the body. It can also refer to the two ends of a surgical anastomosis.
Synonyms
Surgical Stomata
Stomata, Surgical
Stoma, Surgical
Stomas, Surgical
Surgical Stoma
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