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descendostomy

noun

Etymology

From descend(ing) + -o- + -stomy.

  1. derived from *skend-✻ — “to climb, scale; to dart; to jump”
  2. derived from dēscendere
  3. derived from descendere
  4. derived from descendere
  5. inherited from descenden — “to move downwards, fall, descend; to slope downwards; to go from a better to a worse condition, decline, degenerate; to be a descendant, derive from (a source); etc.”
  6. formed as descending — “descend + -ing”
  7. formed as descendostomy — “descending + -o- + -stomy”

Definitions

  1. An operation involving the formation of an artificial opening from the descending colon…

    An operation involving the formation of an artificial opening from the descending colon through the abdominal wall.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for descendostomy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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