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  ostomate ostosis  
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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
ostomy
 
SYLLABICATION:os·to·my
PRONUNCIATION:  st-m
NOUN:Inflected forms: pl. os·to·mies
Surgical construction of an artificial excretory opening, as a colostomy or ileostomy.
ETYMOLOGY:From (col)ostomy.
 
 
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  ostomate ostosis  
 
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