Definition of "ileostomy" []

• Surgical construction of an artificial excretory opening through the abdominal wall into the ileum. (noun)
• The opening created by such a surgical procedure. (noun)

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• "The new plumbing was pretty bruised and the post-radiation tissue slow to heal, so they rerouted my business via an ileostomy, which is like the better-known colostomy, but coming off of the end of the small rather than large intestine."
• "He spoke too fast for my brain, using words like fistula, ileostomy, and carcinomatosis."
• "“What are these?” she asks, looking down at the stomas and the ileostomy bag that drains out her bile."