Meanings
plural stomata · plural stomas
- medicineA small opening in a membrane; a surgically constructed opening, especially one in the abdominal wall that permits the passage of waste after a colostomy or ileostomy; an artificial anus.
From a large tote bag sat beside her, she takes out a Victoria Beckham makeup bag, which contains her urostomy night bag, which plugs into the bag on the stoma.
2024 May 29, Simon Hattenstone, “The radical, ravishing rebirth of Tracey Emin: ‘I didn’t want to die as some mediocre YBA’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*stéh₃mn̥
- Proto-Hellenic[Term?]
- Ancient Greekστόμα (stóma)
- New Latinstoma
- Englishstoma
Borrowed from New Latin stoma, from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan estoma
- estomabotany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
Chinese Cantonese 氣孔 /气孔
- 氣孔 /气孔 (hei³ hong²)botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
Chinese Mandarin 氣孔 /气孔
- 氣孔 /气孔 (qìkǒng)botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
Czech stomie
- stomiesmall opening in a membrane
Danish spalteåbning
- spalteåbningbotany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
Finnish ilmarako, avanne
- ilmarakobotany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
- avannesmall opening in a membrane
- avanneartificial anus
- stoomaartificial anus
- suuaukkozoology: mouthlike opening
French stomate
- stomatebotany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
Hungarian sztóma
- sztómasmall opening in a membrane
Icelandic loftauga
- loftaugabotany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
Māori poare, poare
- poarebotany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
- poaresmall opening in a membrane
Norwegian Bokmål spalteåpning, spalteåpning
- spalteåpningbotany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
- spalteåpningsmall opening in a membrane
Portuguese estoma, estoma
- estomabotany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
- estomasmall opening in a membrane
Russian у́стьице
- у́стьице (ústʹice)botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
Spanish estoma
- estomabotany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
Swedish klyvöppning
- klyvöppningbotany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
Tagalog kilitdahon
- kilitdahonbotany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
Thai ปากใบ
- ปากใบ (bpàak-bai)botany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
Turkish gözenek, gözenek
- gözenekbotany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
- gözeneksmall opening in a membrane
Vietnamese khí khổng
- khí khổngbotany: tiny pore in the epidermis of a leaf
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with stoma
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Cite this entry
stoma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stoma
“stoma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stoma. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stoma,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stoma.
Source: stoma on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.