Stoma

What do we mean by stoma?

One of the minute pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass. noun

A small aperture in the surface of a membrane. noun

A surgically constructed opening, especially one in the abdominal wall that permits the passage of waste after a colostomy or ileostomy. noun

A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode. noun

In zoology, a mouth or ingestive opening; an oral orifice; an ostium or ostiole: chiefly used of small or simple apertures, as a cytostome; hence, also, a small opening of any kind through which something may pass in or out; a pore. noun

In botany, a minute orifice or slit in the epidermis of leaves, etc., which opens directly into air-cavities or intercellular spaces that pervade the interior, and through which free ingress and egress of air take place; a breathing-pore. noun

In Sweden borg's philosophy, a cubical figure with hollowed surfaces, being the figure of the interstices of spheres arranged in what Swedenborg calls the fixed quadrilateral pyramidal position, supposed to be that natural to the spherical particles of water. noun

One of the minute apertures between the cells in many serous membranes. noun

The minute breathing pores of leaves or other organs opening into the intercellular spaces, and usually bordered by two contractile cells. noun

The line of dehiscence of the sporangium of a fern. It is usually marked by two transversely elongated cells. See Illust. of Sporangium. noun

A stigma. See Stigma, n., 6 (a) & (b). noun

One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass. noun

A 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. noun

A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode. noun

An artificial anus. noun

A minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass noun

A mouth or mouthlike opening (especially one created by surgery on the surface of the body to create an opening to an internal organ) noun

One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.

A 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.

A mouthlike opening, such as the oral cavity of a nematode.

An artificial anus.

Words that are spelled similarly to stoma:
stoma, stomp, stoa, soma, stroma, stome, stola, toma, stom, stomy, stoia, stopa, stora, stomo, stma, sloma, stoms, stofa, -stoma, stowa.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word stoma:
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Words that rhyme with stoma:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe stoma:
permanent, abdominal, ileal, proximal, new, urinary, small, single, distal, temporary, intestinal, tracheal, cutaneous, large, colonic, gastric, external, gastrojejunal, open, singular, anastomotic, flush, wide, artificial, healthy, oral, gastroenteric, laryngectomy, umbilical, lower, adequate, larger, mature, everted, retracted, satisfactory, normal, ureteral, greek, jejunal, clean, sunken, ileostomy, protruding, closed, fibrous, prolapsed, narrow, pharyngeal, barrel, typical, enterostomy, surgical, ileac, conventional, barreled, mouth, gastrointestinal, enteric, gastroduodenal, fecal, assess, double, protective, marginal, preoperative, matured, round, necrotic, resultant, appendiceal, perineal, stenotic, ideal, dusky, cervical, catheterizable, barrelled, flat, laryngeal, obstructed.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective stoma:
ventilation, resuscitation, breathing, shrinks.

Consonant match to stoma:
stymie, stammer, steamer, steamy, stemma, stemmy, stymy, stemmer, stimy, stomy, sturmer, stamey, stermer, steimer, stahmer, stamer, stay may, stay me, steam a, steam he, steam high, steam i, stem a, stem he, stem her, stem i, stem may, stir me.

Words that sound like stoma:
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