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cystostomy

[si-stos-tuh-mee]

noun

Surgery.

plural

cystostomies 

  1. the construction of an artificial opening from the bladder through the abdominal wall, permitting the drainage of urine.

  2. the opening so constructed.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cystostomy1

First recorded in 1905–10; cysto- + -stomy

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