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1. A minute opening or pore. 2. An artificial opening between two cavities or canals, or between such and the surface of the body. [G. a mouth]

- Fuchs stomas small depression on the surface of the iris near the margin of the pupil.

- loop s. a specialized s. of intestine or ureter by which a loop of the hollow viscus is brought through an opening in the abdominal wall, with an opening created in the apex of the viscus to allow egress of its contents.

sto·ma 'stō-mə n, pl -mas

1) any of various small simple bodily openings esp. in a lower animal

2) an artificial permanent opening esp. in the abdominal wall made in surgical procedures <a colostomy \stoma>

n. (pl. stomata)

1. (in anatomy) the mouth or any mouthlike part.

2. (in surgery) the artificial opening of a tube (e.g. the colon or ileum) that has been brought to the abdominal surface (see colostomy, ileostomy). Stoma therapists are nurses specially trained in the care of these artificial openings and the appliances used with them.

• stomal adj.