esophagostoma

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noun

A surgically-made opening into the esophagus

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Meanings

nounesophagostoma (plural esophagostomata)

plural esophagostomata

  1. A surgically-made opening into the esophagus

    In group B, the esophagostoma of one patient was harvested and then the patient was administrated with fasting and water deprivation and neoplasty and got a good outcome.

    2015 July 2, Hao Zeng et al., “Comparison of three surgical approaches for cervicothoracic spinal tuberculosis: a retrospective case–control study”, in Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research, volume 10, →DOI

Origin

From esophago- + stoma.

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