Etymology

gastrostomy

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Today it means: The surgical procedure for making an opening in the stomach as part of an operation. Full definition →

English stoma ← New Latin stoma ← Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*gres-
  2. Ancient Greekγρᾰ́ω (grắō)
  3. Ancient Greekγᾰστήρ (găstḗr)
  4. Englishgastro-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*steh₃-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*stéh₃mn̥
  7. Proto-Hellenic[Term?]
  8. Ancient Greekστόμα (stóma)
  9. New Latinstoma
  10. Englishstoma
  11. English todaygastrostomy

From gastro- + -stomy.

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