-stomy
suff.(后缀)
语源
suff.(后缀)
- A surgical operation in which an artificial opening is made into a specified organ or part:
 后缀,表示“造口术”:在特定的器官或部分上人工制造开口的外科手术:
 colostomy.
 结肠造口术
语源
- Greek stoma [opening, mouth] 
 希腊语 stoma [开口,嘴]
- -y 2
 -y2
-stomy
combining form in countable noun
indicating a surgical operation performed to make an artificial opening into or for a specified part
⇒ 
cytostomy
Origin
from Greek -stomia, from stoma mouth-stomy
Word Origin
1 
a combining form used in the names of surgical operations that involve the establishment of an artificial opening into or between the part or parts specified by the initial element:
gastrostomy.
Origin
< Greek -stomia, derivative of stóma mouth. See -stome, -y3
Related Words
- -stome
- cholecystostomy
- choledochostomy
- colostomy
- cystostomy
- enterostomy
-stomya word element used in names of surgical operations for making an artificial opening, as in colostomy.
[Greek combining form -stomia, from stoma mouth]-stomy
noun combining form
enterostomy
noun combining form
 ETYMOLOGY  International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek stoma mouth, opening
: surgical operation establishing a usually permanent opening into (such) a partenterostomy
ORIGIN: from Greek  stoma  mouth, opening + -y 3-tomy 
-sto·my
I.\stəmē, -mi\  noun combining form 
(-es) 
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin -stomia (I)  
 : -stomia 
II.noun combining form 
(-es) 
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary stom- + -y 
 : surgical operation establishing a usually permanent opening into (such) a part 
< enterostomy >
or between (such) parts
< esophagogastrostomy >
I.
II.
< enterostomy >
or between (such) parts
< esophagogastrostomy >
-stomy
Suffix
- A surgical procedure forming a hole, used for access, nutrition, or waste elimination.
Etymology
See stoma
Derived terms
 English words suffixed with -stomy