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noun
A surgery in which two parts of the colon are connected together to restore or create continuity of intestinal flow after a damaged or diseased section is removed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery
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History
From colo- (“relating to the colon”) + colo- (“relating to the colon”) + -stomy (“surgery creating a communication”).
