stomato-, stomat-, stom-, -stoma, -stomatous, -stomous, -stome, -stomy, -ostomy, -ostome,

A surgical operation creating an artificial anus in the sigmoid colon: A sigmoidostomy involves he formation of an artificial opening from the body surface into the sigmoid colon and the opening produced by this procedure.

A surgical procedure in which a body cavity is opened;cavernostomy: A speleostomy is usually performed to provide drainage, as in the case of a lung abscess.

Relating to a narrow mouth: Stenostomatous organisms, like some nematodes, have a narrow buccal cavity or stoma.

Such stenostomatous life forms, like the Pristionchus pacificus exhibit stenostomia.

1. An organ in the digestive system of animals that stores food for further processing: Mark couldn't eat his dinner because he had an upset stomach.
2. The front part of a person's body below the waist; belly: At the fitness studio, Tom did some exercises to strengthen some muscles in his stomach.

Relating to a stoma: Jack learned about his upcoming surgical operation in which a stomal ulcer would be removed.

Pain in the mouth: Oral cancer, an abscess, or an infection, among others, can be the cause of a condition of stomatodynia.

Bad breath; halitosis: Some causes of stomatodysodia include smoking, poor dental hygiene, alcoholism, throat infection, dental infection, sinusitis, lung infection, gum disease, impacted tooth or teeth, or a foreign body in the nose.

Relating to the mouth and the stomach: The stomatogastric network of nerves, the nervous system, controls the gut , chewing, and digestion in many vertebrate animals and arthropods.

A reference to both the jaws and the mouth: The stomatognathic structures include the teeth, jaws, the temporomandibular joints. and the chewing muscles.

Speech that is produced with clogged nostrils: Sam had a terrible cold and he couldn't breathe at all through his nose, and his voice sounded quite distorted. His doctor said that his speech was termed stomatolalia and was caused by his stuffed nose!

An individual who studies the mouth and its ailments; a practitioner of oral medicine: Albert's father was a stomatologist, a medical specialist who diagnosed and treated diseased situations in the mouth, like teeth, gums, jaws, and other oral issues.

The scientific study of the mouth and its diseases and disorders:; oral medicine: Sam wanted to study stomatology that dealt with the structures, functions, ailments, and disorders of the mouth.

Outdated, pathologic softening of any of the structures of the mouth: In her grandfather's old book on medicine, Mary read about stomatomalacia being the abnormal softening of the mouth and the area surrounding it.

Rare, the vicarious bleeding of the mouth: Stomatomenia is an abnormal medical condition in which menstrual bleeding occurs from the mouth instead of the normal menstrual flow from the uterus.

One branch of dentistry that deals with the diseases of the oral cavity: While Joe was studying dentistry, he took a course in stomatomology because he wanted to know more about all the illnesses and disorders of the cavity of the mouth.