Definition of "urostomy" []

• Surgical construction of an artificial excretory opening from the urinary tract. (noun)

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• "The lieutenant said Avila suddenly removed her urostomy bag and threw it at the three arresting officers, who were splashed with urine."
• "The media have documented a string of monstrous cases in which prosthetic breasts have been exposed and urostomy bags worn by bladder-cancer patients have been disconnected, with humiliating consequences."
• ""I have been surprised," declares a woman who must wear a bag of urine attached to her abdomen, "at how little most men I have sex with are bothered by my urostomy.""