coloproctostomy

noun

coloproctostomy

noun

Etymology From colo- + procto- + -stomy.

Medicine, Sciences, Surgery A surgical procedure in which the colon is connected to the rectum after a diseased or damaged section of the intestine has been removed, allowing waste to continue passing normally through the digestive tract.

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