Glossary

Colostomy

(koh-LOS-toh-mee)

An opening into the colon from the outside of the body. A colostomy provides a new path for waste material to leave the body after part of the colon has been removed.

Definition from the National Cancer Institute’s NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms.

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