Definition

1. Noun:
   • A surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine: "Enterostomy" is a medical term for a procedure where a surgeon creates an artificial, long-term opening (stoma) from the intestine to the outside of the body through the abdominal wall. This allows for the drainage of intestinal contents or for feeding.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The patient required an enterostomy after the bowel resection.
  • An enterostomy is sometimes necessary to manage certain digestive diseases.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in a clinical or surgical context. It is a specific type of ostomy surgery.
• "to have an enterostomy performed": to undergo this specific surgical operation.
  • The surgeon recommended that she have an enterostomy performed to alleviate the obstruction.

Variants and Related Words

• Enteric (adj): relating to or occurring in the intestines.
• Stoma (n): the actual opening created during an ostomy procedure.
• Colostomy (n): a similar surgical procedure that creates an opening from the colon (large intestine).
• Ileostomy (n): a similar surgical procedure that creates an opening from the ileum (the last part of the small intestine).

Synonyms

• Intestinal ostomy: A more general term for a surgical opening into the intestine.
• Surgical stoma creation: A descriptive phrase for the procedure.

Notes on Meaning

• "Enterostomy" is a compound noun formed from "entero-" (referring to the intestine) and "-stomy" (referring to a surgical opening). It refers specifically to the or itself, not just the resulting opening (which is a stoma).

Noun

1. surgical operation that creates a permanent opening through the abdominal wall into the intestine